How close is too close to quasi-extinction? It’s a subjective question, Melissa Snover told the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council at its June meeting. But in light of the council’s recent recommendation to lift the effort limits on Hawai`i’s shallow-set … Continued
A wrong date that appeared in the printed version has been corrected. O`ahu Men Are Fined $3,050 Each For Raiding Maui Stones for Imu On July 11, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Hawai`i Superferry passengers Charlie … Continued
Tradewinds Moves Forward: The company that has been holding for years the right to harvest trees from the state’s Waiakea Forest Reserve, near Hilo, has taken a step forward. The company, Tradewinds LLC, has signed an agreement with the Big … Continued
Tuna Little, Tuna Late? At last month’s meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Guam, the central issue on the table was how to conserve bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks. And according to Paul Dalzell, senior scientist … Continued
For two days early last October, the Kohala Center, a sustainability think tank, sponsored what it called a food security summit at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa. At times, though, it seemed more like an old-fashioned revival meeting. … Continued
Late last year, Kona citizens opposed to the 530-acre marina project known as Kona Kai Ola – which proposes the expansion of Honokohau small boat harbor and the construction of roughly 1,500 hotel and timeshare units on raw coastal land … Continued
The state Commission on Water Resource Management would seem to have a hard time getting things right. Twice the Supreme Court has remanded back to the commission its decisions on the Waiahole ditch contested case, and a third appeal in … Continued
“The count as it stands is zero for four,” said Isaac Moriwake, an attorney with the environmental law firm of Earthjustice. Moriwake made the comment in reference to the track record racked up by the state Commission on Water Resource … Continued
Ahhh, to be thigh-deep in mud again. After years of school in urban California, I was finally back in my own native habitat – hiking in a Hawaiian forest. Being in the mainland for so long was quite an adjustment … Continued
Last May, Environment Hawai`i reported on the strange case of Venu Pasupuleti, a would-be wheeler-dealer from Ohio who was proposing to build a huge (4,000-employee) computing center on land owned by the state Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) … Continued