Environment Hawaii

Volume 16, Number 12 June 2006

Land Board Grants Research Permits To Sample and Track NWHI Resources

It seems no decision regarding activities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is made without some controversy. Last summer, when the state Board of Land and Natural Resources established a no-take marine refuge in state waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, some members of the fishing community protested the move, while many in the environmental community lined up to praise the board and its chair, Peter Young, for taking such a bold conservation stance.

But now that the first permits to conduct research in the refuge are coming before the Land Board for approval, some of those same environmentalists are questioning the need, the goals, and the methods of what is being proposed.

-- Teresa Dawson

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Jerry Edlao Sam Gon Timothy Johns Gerald DeMello Frank De Luz III Linda Lingle Ted Yamamura nature conservancy Hawaii Mo`omomi Waikamoi Moloka`i Natural area Partnership progam NAPP NARS TNCH Pelekunu preserve East Watershed `i`iwi kakawahie Lana`i thrush snail plan species Oloka`i Kalaupapa Pu`u ali`i Haleakala Jim Jacobi Randy Kennedy monitoring Dedric Manaba soil conservation service George Peabody Donovan Lenora Keli`ipuleole Keith Harada Manabu Russell Tsuji Toni Withington Jonathan Cohen Roy Randy Vitousek Kako`k David Kimo Frankel Tiger Mills Cachola Valerie Anthony Anjo Luhiau Ohana Papa Arthur Mahi lineal descendants `ike `aina Ala kahakai trail Conservation district CDUP Hui lihikai Cades Schittee Fleming Wright north Kohala citizens Kamakani Malama Michael Rearden Pao`o Stephen Carl Johnston Atoll Aeby Greta parrotfish Don Palawski fish wildlife service NWHI isabella Abbott Environmental Defense NOAA Cynthia Vanderlip Kure debris marine HIMB coral disease bleaching Michael Rappe Rith Gates Robert Toonen Nihoa French Frigat shoals Gardner Pinnacles Brian Bowen Carl Meyer whitetip sharks gray tiger acuostic apex predators Hi`ialakai Coast Guard Stephanie Fried Kahea `Ilio`oukalani coalition Peter Young northwestern Hawaiian islands



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	*Volume 16, Number 12 June 2006* Land Board Grants Research Permits To Sample and Track NWHI Resources It seems no decision regarding activities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is made without some controversy. Last summer, when the state Board of Land and Natural Resources established a no-take marine refuge in state waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, some members of the fishing community protested the move, while many in the environmental community lined up to praise the board and its chair, Peter Young, for taking such a bold conservation stance. But now that the first permits to conduct research in the refuge are coming before the Land Board for approval, some of those same environmentalists are questioning the need, the goals, and the methods of what is being proposed. -- Teresa Dawson To read the full article click here. Article Keywords Jerry Edlao Sam Gon Timothy Johns Gerald DeMello Frank De Luz III Linda Lingle Ted Yamamura nature conservancy Hawaii Mo`omomi Waikamoi Moloka`i Natural area Partnership progam NAPP NARS TNCH Pelekunu preserve East Watershed `i`iwi kakawahie Lana`i thrush snail plan species Oloka`i Kalaupapa Pu`u ali`i Haleakala Jim Jacobi Randy Kennedy monitoring Dedric Manaba soil conservation service George Peabody Donovan Lenora Keli`ipuleole Keith Harada Manabu Russell Tsuji Toni Withington Jonathan Cohen Roy Randy Vitousek Kako`k David Kimo Frankel Tiger Mills Cachola Valerie Anthony Anjo Luhiau Ohana Papa Arthur Mahi lineal descendants `ike `aina Ala kahakai trail Conservation district CDUP Hui lihikai Cades Schittee Fleming Wright north Kohala citizens Kamakani Malama Michael Rearden Pao`o Stephen Carl Johnston Atoll Aeby Greta parrotfish Don Palawski fish wildlife service NWHI isabella Abbott Environmental Defense NOAA Cynthia Vanderlip Kure debris marine HIMB coral disease bleaching Michael Rappe Rith Gates Robert Toonen Nihoa French Frigat shoals Gardner Pinnacles Brian Bowen Carl Meyer whitetip sharks gray tiger acuostic apex predators Hi`ialakai Coast Guard Stephanie Fried Kahea `Ilio`oukalani coalition Peter Young northwestern Hawaiian islands
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