The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...
By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...
Marshall Islands declared its first national marine sanctuary, protecting a "pristine" expanse of tropical Pacific Ocean home ...
War in Philippines begins with Japanese air attacks ... air raids are launched on the Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Japan invades Singapore; British surrender.