POLICY AND PURPOSES.

SEC. 2304. POLICY AND PURPOSES. (a) Policy.— It is the policy of the United States to protect and preserve humpback whales and their habitat within the Hawaiian Islands marine environment. (b) Purposes.— The purposes of this subtitle are— (1) to protect humpback whales and their habitat in the area described in section 2305(b); (2) to educate and interpret for the public the relationship of humpback whales to the Hawaiian Islands marine environment; (3) to manage such human uses of the Sanctuary consistent with this subtitle and title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended by this Act; and (4) to provide for the identification of marine resources and ecosystems of national significance for possible inclusion in the sanctuary designated in section 2305(a).