▁Act . ▁ ▁Hab itat ▁de grad ation ▁and ▁destruction ▁has ▁acceler ated ▁the ▁decl ine . ▁Ju ven ile ▁habit ats ▁are ▁sus cept ible ▁to ▁being ▁de grad ed ▁by ▁poor ▁water ▁quality , ▁such ▁as ▁run - off ▁of ▁sed iments ▁from ▁logging ▁. ▁ ▁Spe arf ishing ▁while ▁sc uba ▁div ing ▁was ▁b anned ▁in ▁American ▁Sam oa ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁The ▁waters ▁surrounding ▁W ake ▁Island , ▁John ston ▁At oll , ▁and ▁Pal my ra ▁At oll ▁from ▁the ▁sh or eline ▁out ▁to ▁ ▁are ▁protected ▁as ▁low - use ▁marine ▁protected ▁areas , ▁which ▁means ▁any ▁person ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁fish ing ▁for , ▁taking , ▁or ▁retain ing ▁this ▁fish ▁must ▁have ▁a ▁special ▁permit . ▁ ▁Also , ▁it ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁taken ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁spe arf ishing ▁with ▁SC U BA ▁g ear ▁from ▁ 6 ▁pm ▁to ▁ 6 ▁am ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁Ex clus ive ▁Econom ic ▁Zone ▁waters ▁around ▁these ▁territ ories . ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁fish ▁in ▁Pal au ▁is ▁now ▁protected ▁by ▁an ▁export ▁ban . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : Art icles ▁containing ▁video ▁cli ps ▁Category : F ish ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁Category : F ish ▁of ▁Pal au ▁Category : Mon ot yp ic ▁fish ▁gener a ▁Category : S car idae <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁Roger ▁Most yn , ▁ 3 rd ▁Baron et ▁( 3 1 ▁July ▁