January 2010 PDF
January 2010
Experts, Managers Gather in Honolulu to Discuss Protection of Marine Mammals
When it comes to marine mammals in the Pacific, there is no shortage of crises. Tour operations are rousing spinner dolphins from their rest, fishing gear is hooking and entangling whales, and young monk seals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands … Continued
Prospects and Potential for Saving Hawaiian Forest Birds: An Interview
Last month, Environment Hawai`i sat down with three of the editors of Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna, to discuss issues raised in the book (published in November by Yale University Press). Here are excerpts from that interview, conducted by … Continued
Book Review: A Celebration of Hawaiian Forest Birds
Thane Pratt, Carter Atkinson, Paul Banko, James Jacobi, and Bethany Woodworth, eds. Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna. Yale University Press, 2009. 728 pages. $85.00 (hardcover) If Hawai`i lost its remaining native forest birds, plenty of birds would … Continued
Board Talk
New Penalty Guidelines for Kealakekua Bay The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved new civil penalty guidelines for “minor” violations at Kealakekua Bay on the island of Hawai`i. For years, the state has struggled to control the … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Bigeye, Swordfish, and New Forest Reserve Plans
Final Bigeye Rule: The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a final rule to implement a quota on bigeye tuna caught in the western Pacific by the Hawai`i longline fleet. The rule, published in the December 7, 2009, Federal Register, took effect December … Continued