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
Kama`aina Kids Chosen to Replace Friends to Run He`eia State Park Had they known it would end up this way, they probably wouldn’t have done it. Earlier this year, members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources directed … Continued
Second only to sludge, auto fluff, also known as auto shredder residue or ASR, is one of the largest waste components in O`ahu’s Waimanalo Gulch landfill. In 2006, 29,786 tons of auto fluff were dumped into the landfill, accounting for … Continued
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
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
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
Here is a short description of the businesses that have so far made public their interest in obtaining the use of state land in the Hamakua area for biomass, biofuels, or timber production: Hamakua Biomass Energy, LLC: This company has … Continued
Act 212 of the 2007 Legislature set up the `aha kiole advisory committee as a first step toward developing a resource management system that would incorporate Native Hawaiian traditions. In the two years since then, the committee has been embroiled … Continued
Efforts of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to carry out the wishes of the state Legislature have earned the displeasure of – well, legislators. At a hearing last month in Hilo, three members of the Senate Committee on … Continued
For two legislators, their proudest moment in the 2009 legislative session came with passage of a bill giving the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism half a million dollars to buy a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration. … Continued