December 2009 PDF
December 2009
New & Noteworthy
Seal Rehab at Keahole? On October 20, the state Natural Energy Laboratory Hawai`i Authority’s board of directors gave preliminary approval to a proposal by The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) of Sausalito, California, to construct an endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus … Continued
Tuna Cage Project off Kohala Coast Wins Conservation District Use Permit
A company trying to grow in cages fish that are being pillaged to near commercial extinction in the Pacific received Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) approval from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on October 24. In a … Continued
Those Reviled Purse Seiners
The press release issued by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council was hardly dispassionate. “U.S. Territories Ask for ‘Justice’ in Pacific Tuna Allocations,” read the headline on the notice, which described the council’s vote to allow Guam, Common¬wealth of the … Continued
Council Seeks Monumental Payouts for Small, Even Non-Existent Fisheries
Are marine national monuments established under the Antiquities Act legal? And should Congress compensate fishers – even potential fishers – for loss of access to monument waters? Those were two the questions posed to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council … Continued
Even as Bigeye Stocks Crash, Wespac Wants to Raise Longliners’ Catch Share
A decade ago, Daniel Pauly, one of the leading scientists in the field of fisheries management, coined a term: Fishing down the food web. This describes what happens when the large marine predators are overfished and their numbers decline, while … Continued