While much of the debate over the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands’ management scenarios has been between federal agencies competing for jurisdiction, waters governed by the state of Hawai’i contain more than a third of the archipelago’s coral reefs. But just what … Continued
Unlike Hawai’i’s terrestrial researchers and resource managers, who meet every summer to catch up on the latest science at the Hawai’i Conservation Alliance’s conference, marine researchers working in Hawai’i rarely gather en masse. But recently, two meetings focusing heavily on … Continued
Land Board groupies – and we’re guessing there may be five or six of you – may have noticed changes in how the board handles contested cases over the last three or so years. This quasi-judicial administrative process is initiated … Continued
“The boundary line is made regardless of land ownership; hence both government and privately owned lands are included within the reserve.” – William Crosby, territorial forester, 1946 Last month, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources removed 2,470 acres … Continued
For years, the standard response to concerns about overfishing in waters around Hawai’i has been: Don’t worry. None of the stocks managed by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council has been designated as overfished except for some armorheads on seamounts … Continued
Cornerstone Hawai’i Holdings LLC, Kealia Water Company, Kaua’i Ranch, Moloa’a Bay Ranch, Northshore Nursery, the Kealia Kai development all of these companies trace back in one way or another to McCloskey and Company, whose mission, according to the company’s web … Continued
On June 25, the National Marine Fisheries Service published proposed regulations intended to put into effect the limits on fishing for bigeye tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean set by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. The service had already … Continued
It’s not often that private companies get to call dibs on state land, but in Kekaha, Kaua’i, not only do they stake their claim to public turf, but they also may one day be the primary gatekeepers to thousands of … Continued
In the last month of the last year of the last Democratic governor, the Department of Land and Natural Resources effected small but important changes to the administrative rules of a broad swath of its agencies. The changes all addressed … Continued