Traditional Tropical Trees: In Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture and Usage, Craig Elevitch of Kona has collected essays from experts across an entire ocean that describe the many trees that over centuries have become an integral part of … Continued
According to the House committee report that details what Congress intended for the 2003 appropriation of $100 million for fisheries relief (including $5 million for Hawai`i), no more than five percent was to be used for administrative expenses and “no … Continued
The June 2006 presidential order establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument gives the eight remaining federally permitted bottomfishers four more years to fish there before all commercial fishing within the monument is prohibited. Before the monument was … Continued
Last month, nearly four years after Congress appropriated the money, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources was poised to begin distributing more than $2 million in direct aid to fishermen and fishing groups affected … Continued
Get out your score cards. Rancorous disputes over long-standing diversions of water from four Central Maui streams are coming to a head, and keeping track of the teams and their plays is becoming complicated. The diversions go back as far … Continued
“We’re very excited… This is a big deal,” Peter Young told members of the public at last month’s Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting. The board, which Young chairs, had just approved a 35-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. … Continued
It may seem silly now, but Honolulu officials Jack L. Throp and Paul Weissich were serious in 1966 when they proposed introducing exotic mammals from South America, Africa, China, and elsewhere into Kawai Nui marsh as part of an outdoor … Continued