part of the new Hawaiian Islands Bird Reservation — which later became the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge — established by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Prior to this, there had been concern about the poaching of birds on the island. When Hawaii became a U.S. state in August 1959, Lisianski Island became part of the new State of Hawaii. On June 15, 2006, it was included in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Neva Shoals Neva Shoals is a shallow reef directly southeast of Lisianski Island covering , more than half the size of Oahu. Lisiansky named Neva Shoals, after his ship, Neva. The shoal is shallow and makes access to the island difficult. The reef has been described by divers as a "coral garden" because of the great variety of coral. Twenty-four types of coral have been identified at the reefs surrounding Lisianski. Reef fish are abundant, including predators. See also List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain List of islands Desert island Bibliography Lisianski Island: Block 1014, Census Tract 114.98, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States Census Bureau. M. Rauzon, Isles of Refuge: Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu: 2001. References External links Lisianski Island (Papa‘āpoho) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Multi-Agency Education Project – Lisianski Jane's Oceania Home Page – Lisianski Quick Facts on Lisianski Island from the PBS Ocean Adventures site Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Google Street View Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral reefs of the United States Reefs of the Pacific Ocean Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain Miocene volcanoes Paleogene Oceania Cenozoic Hawaii Important Bird Areas of Hawaii