The Pacific Fisheries Coalition (PFC), a project of the Hawaii Audubon Society, is a unique collaboration between conservationists and fishermen who found common ground in their desire to promote the conservation and responsible use of living marine resources in Hawai'i and the Pacific Basin. The project is administered by the Hawaii Audubon Society and directed by Linda Paul. The PFC Community Outreach Coordinator is Ellyn Tong, and Naomi Arcand is PFC intern extra ordinaire. In July the PFC project received additional funding to hire a Communications Coordinator to build widespread public support for and understanding ofthe need for conservation ofthe Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and Keiko Bonk was hired. In the fall the NWHI Network was formed and in December an additional grant was received to hire NWHI Network Office Administrator David Fernholz.

Linda Paul and PFC members William Aila and Rick Gaffney serve on the NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council (RAC). National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is now in the process of designating the Reserve as a National Marine Sanctuary and in 2005 the RAC completed its input on the draft management plan for the proposed Sanctuary and its preferred Draft Environmental Impact Statement alternative. Linda attended the annual meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council Chairs in San Francisco in February, gave presentations on the NWHI at the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force at the spring and fall meetings in Washington, D.C. and Palau, and participated in the NOAA Stakeholders meeting in Washington, D.C.

Congressman Ed Case introduced a bill into Congress on May 16, 2024 entitled "The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge Act", HR 23l6,which would provide the National Marine Sanctuary Program with a much-needed tool to safeguard large marine areas in need of rnuch higher levels of protection than is possible under the current National Marine Sanctuaries Act. In September 2005 Governor Lingle signed rules designating state waters in the NWHI as a state marine refuge and announced that in partnership with the Hawaii Audubon Society, the State will be actively pursuing designation of the NWHI as a mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Site. Twenty six non profit organizations support the designation.

Ellyn Tong put together a 4 color brochure One of the Last Wild Places on Earth about the NWHI, which was passed out at the Marine Educator's Conference on Maui where Ellyn gave a presentation. Naomi, Ellyn, and Lisa Altieri produced two videos on the NWHI. Ellyn completed the design and layout of a 44 page NWHI World Heritage Site illustrated educational report, which includes input from a multitude of sources. Keiko Bonk worked with all four county councils to generate resolutions of support for complete and permanent protection of the NWHI ecosystems.

Linda Paul, as a member ofthe national Marine Fish Conservation Network (MFCN), participated in monthly board meetings by phone and biannual meetings in Washington, D.C. The MFCN is supporting a bill in Congress that will reform how the regional fishery management councils manage fish stocks. Also in D.C. Linda attendedNOAA's Managing OurNations Fisheries Conference in March and in April gave the Central & Western Pacific Regional Report at the Ocean Conservation meeting. PFC members continue to monitor meetings of the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council. Linda is also a member of the U.S. delegation to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and attended meetings in Tokyo and Pohnpei FSM, where she continued to push for the adoption of conservation measures.

Ellyn Tong did a major revision of PFC's brochure, Taking Care of Hawaii's Resources, focusing on the decline ofHawaii's marine resources and needed management measures. Now in color, it opens out to a poster illustrating the many stakeholders that want the same fish. The brochure, along with our posters and other educational materials, were distributed at many meetings and events including the Malama Kailua event on May I and the U.S. Coral ReefTask Force meetings. In Decemberwe reprinted 10,000 copies Ellyn's popular four color poster that illustrates the actual size that 20 commonly harvested reef fish have to be in order to reproduce.