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Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument expansion, September 2014 The previous (2011) boundaries of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument are outlined in light blue. Soldierfish, Baker Island NWR Grey reef sharks, Pacific Remote Islands MNM The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is a group of unorganized, mostly unincorporated United States Pacific Island territories managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior. These remote refuges are "the most widespread collection of marine- and terrestrial-life protected areas on the planet under a single country's jurisdiction". They protect many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere.