Moloka`i Ranch is Required to Give Public Free Access to Lono Harbor Thirty-eight years into a 40-year license that allowed construction of Hale o Lono Harbor on Moloka`i, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources has finally exercised its … Continued
Four years after a 1992 audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources found fault with the department’s management of state leases, the state auditor has found that nothing has changed. In summarizing the findings of a follow-up audit … Continued
A lawsuit brought by the owners of a Hanalei boatyard against several private citizens and the county of Kaua`i has been dismissed by a federal judge. The lawsuit, which had asked for $35 million in damages, probably is the largest … Continued
In 1995, the Hawai`i-based longline fishing fleet caught 101,773 sharks. Roughly a third of them were finned — a process that often involves cutting fins off sharks and then returning the animals, still alive, to the ocean. Unable to navigate, … Continued
News that the most popular species of bottomfish in Hawai`i are overfished is hardly news at all anymore. For years, populations of snappers have declining. As an indication of just how scarce the fish have become, in 1995, it was … Continued
To address the problem of albatross being hooked by Honolulu longliners, a workshop for fishermen was held September 18, 1996. There, a handful of longline fishermen were told about techniques and equipment — nearly all of which involved minimal cost … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service has begun to re-examine the limits it has established for the incidental takings of sea turtles by the Hawai`i-based longline fishing fleet. The action was prompted by pressure from a conservation group and by NMFS’ … Continued