Original sentence: Concerns have been raised about Hawaii having to import these fish from other areas of the Pacific that do not have the resources to manage and monitor their fisheries effectively.The NWHI accounted for approximately half of the locally landed bottomfish in Hawaii, and these fish are highly valued by local chefs and local consumers
Edited sentence: ... As island communities, we cannot simply close more and more of our areas to fishing and rely solely on fish imports as some advocate.By doing so would be irresponsible and would contribute to the international decline of fish populations.Concerns are raised about Hawaii having to import these fish from other areas of the Pacific that do not have the resources to manage and monitor their fisheries effectively.Coral Reef Task Force in May 2006, "in spite of these efforts, our marine resources continue decline due to the cumulative effects of pollution and runoff, recreational overuse, coastal development and bad land-use practices.However, as Edwin Ebisui, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council member from Hawaii, testified before the U.The NWHI accounted for approximately half of the locally landed bottomfish in Hawaii and is highly valued by local chefs and local consumers.The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council had also proposed a very conservative catch limit for both pelagic and bottomfish taken from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as well as large no-take areas surrounding all of Kure and Midway Atolls, Pearl and Hermes Reef, and French Frigate Shoals