Closing arguments have been heard in the contested case hearing on a proposal to blast a marina on more than 900 acres of land in the ‘Ewa Plan. Robert Nakata, the hearing of–ficer appointed by the Commission on Water Resource … Continued
Fruit fly eradication has been all but aban–doned in Hawai’i in favor of post-harvest commodity treatments – irradiation, in particular. This is despite the demonstrated technological feasibility of eradication in Okinawa, California, and Florida. As late as 1993, members of … Continued
A government effort to eradicate Hawai’i’s four non-native fruit fly species “lit up, exploded, then fizzled in about six or seven years.” That’s the way the effort has been described by Mike Kido, a former member of the Hawai’i Fruit … Continued