The recent decision of the Hawai`i Supreme Court involving a bottling company’s use of spring water has moved the case forward — back into the lap of the county agency that denied it the permits it needed in the first place. As our cover story relates, the high court’s ruling reaffirms and clarifies the counties’ role in ensuring that public trust resources are carefully husbanded.
Contrasted to that is the proposal of the National Marine Fisheries Service, also the subject of an article on this month’s cover, that cedes its trust resonsibilities over the highvalue bigeye tuna fishery in Hawai`i to the very parties that exploit it.
Contents
- April 2014 PDF
- Hawai`i Longliners' Bigeye Tuna Limit Jumps 80 Percent Under Proposed Rule
- Up to 17 Percent of Bigeye Catch in Hawai`i Is Logged to Territories
- Hawai`i County Council Finally Accepts Easement Along North Kohala Coast
- Board Talk
- New & Noteworthy: Deep Percolation, Power Plan, and Corrections
- Hawaii Supreme Court Decision Reaffirms Government Duty to Protect Public Trust
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