At its meeting last month in Busan, Korea, the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission determined for the second year in a row that the region’s bigeye tuna stock is neither overfished nor subject to … Continued
September 2018
Half an hour into the May meeting of the state Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority, the dozen or so board members in attendance passed around a shoebox designed to hold a pair of Bedrock sandals and a tiny … Continued
The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority – NELHA – has been allowed to run on its own for some years now. It has a special fund that typically brings in around $5 million a year, most of which comes … Continued
Tenants of the state’s Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority are, like all other tenants of state-owned lands, expected to pay property taxes based on the assessed value of the land and improvements they occupy. In the case of many … Continued
The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) occupies around 870 acres of ceded land on the Kona coast of the Big Island, between the Keahole airport, immediately to the north, and the town of Kailua-Kona, eight miles to … Continued
Discord Stalls Hearings on Rules For Moloka‘i Subsistence Fishing Area The volunteer group Hui Malama O Mo‘omomi has led efforts to protect and educate people about the marine resources on Moloka‘i’s North Shore since the mid-1990s, teaching hundreds of children … Continued
August 2018 This pdf has been corrected to fix an editing error in the Board Talk item on fishing rules.
Laniakea Ruling: On July 5, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) granted an appeal by shoreline access advocate Doug Meller of a shoreline certification obtained by the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for its jersey barriers at a … Continued
While the Hawai`i longline swordfish fishery has closed because of its incidental take of endangered sea turtles, deep-set longliners targeting bigeye tuna are facing the closure of a huge portion of their fishing grounds due to their recent uptick in … Continued