| Summary | The Monument is administered jointly by three co-trustees (NOAA, USFWS, and the State of Hawai’i). The Co-Trustees developed and signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 2006 to establish roles and responsibilities of coordinating bodies and mechanisms for managing the Monument. The day-to-day management of the Monument is overseen by a 7-member management board comprised of two sub-agencies of each Co-Trustee, plus the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. |
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| Project | SESMAD |
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| Subtype | Group of Local Governments |
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| Sector | Marine protected areas |
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| Interest Heterogeneity | Low (1) |
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| Explanation | Although the Co-trusteeship is broken down into three different organizations (NOAA, USFWS, State of Hawaii) they all work towards the same goal of MPA management. |
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| Costs Of Exit | Not Applicable |
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| Proportionality (Of Costs And Benefits) | Not Applicable |
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| Actor Group Coordination | Formal |
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| Explanation | Formal - a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by the managing institutions established an institutional “co-trusteeship” of the protected area, requiring two federal agencies (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] and the US Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]) and the State of Hawai‘i to manage the monument collaboratively as “co-trustees” (Kittenger et al. 2011) |
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| Leadership | ["Formal leader"] |
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| Explanation | co-trustees |
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| Leadership Accountability | High (3) |
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| Leadership Authority | High (3) |
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| Explanation | The leaders of these organisations can make important decisions about organisational and operational issues related to the structure of the agency, staff and the activities that are prioritised and undertaken. |
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| Actor Group Trust | Medium (2) |
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| Explanation | Low at the start of the time period being coded but now is considereably better - A. Wilhelm pers comm. |
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| Past Collaboration | Low (1) |
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| Explanation | Although some of the agencies have worked together in other areas before - there had not been such a collaboration in this area or to this extent, so coded as low. |
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| Personal Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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| Explanation | Assumed because government agencies |
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| Remote Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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| Explanation | Assumed because government agencies |
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