Posted 11/18/2011 November 18 brought a double whammy to the longline vessels operating out of Honolulu. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that, beginning November 27, Hawai`i longline vessels will no longer be allowed to fish for bigeye tuna in … Continued
Posted 11/07/2011 The director of the state Department of Agriculture, Russell Kokubun, has issued a finding of no significant impact for the release of a scale insect that many in the conservation community hope will deal a blow to the … Continued
Posted 10/28/2011 The iconic Haleakala silversword, or hinahina, is in ‘drastic decline,’ report two scientists who have been regularly monitoring the plant. This year, 565 plants were in bloom, a “medium-flowering” year, write Forest Starr and Kim Starr. But in the … Continued
Posted 10/27/2011 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is no longer considering the wekiu bug (Nysius wekiuicola) for listing as an endangered species. Two other species are also removed from candidate status: the Gila springsnail and the … Continued
Posted 10/20/2011 The highly anticipated Rainfall Atlas of Hawai`i is now available online. The atlas, assembled by University of Hawai`i geography professor Tom Giambelluca and colleagues, contains maps that show rainfall patterns in the major Hawaiian islands, based on … Continued
Posted 10/05/2011 Koa Ridge, the 767-acre development proposed for Central O`ahu by Castle & Cooke Homes Hawai`i, Inc., is back before the Land Use Commission. In August, 1st Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto sided with the Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter, finding … Continued
Posted 09/02/2011 A team of biologists from government and private agencies has launched an effort to establish a second population of Nihoa millerbirds (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi). If all goes well, two dozen millerbirds will be captured on Nihoa Island and … Continued
Posted 09/01/2011 The Forest Stewardship Advisory Committee has scheduled a meeting for September 2 that, if held, will be in violation of the state’s Sunshine Law. Notice of the meeting was given to the Lieutenant Governor’s office, but was not sent … Continued
Posted 08/22/2011 The Public Land Development Corporation, established by Act 55 of the 2011 Legislature, had to cancel its first scheduled meeting because it did not comply with the state’s Sunshine Law. The meeting was set for August 22 at … Continued
Posted 08/01/2011 In our August “Board Talk” column, we reported that coral disease expert Greta Aeby was finally, after years of exile, going to resume her research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). But just before the research vessel … Continued