He kanalima makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hiki mai ka mea pono ma Wakinekona, DC: Ua ʻae ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ʻaneʻane i hui like ʻole ʻo ka hoʻomohala ʻole ʻana e lawe ana i kahi pōʻino weliweli i nā iʻa, nā holoholona hihiu a me nā mea kanu, a pono ka lāhui i kahi kānāwai ikaika e mālama a hoʻihoʻi i nā ʻano mea ʻino. No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka "esthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational and science value" o kā mākou hoʻoilina kūlohelohe, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Congress i ka Endangered Species Act (ESA).