“Let me first say, what you’re doing is long overdue. It’s something we need to do and it’s taken a long time for us to get to this point,” Stanley Roehrig told Ian Hirokawa of the Department of Land and … Continued
For the second legislative session since the state unveiled its Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report, bills based on the report’s recommendations largely failed. Among those were bills that would have forced sellers of real property to disclose whether … Continued
Another Whale Death: For the second time this year, a Hawai‘i deep-set longline vessel killed a false killer whale while fishing for bigeye tuna. The first incident occurred in January within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone around the state and … Continued
Similar to the Hawai‘i shallow-set longline fishery’s incidental take of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, the Hawai‘i deep-set longline fishery just can’t seem to keep its interactions with false killer whales inside the 200-mile U.S. exclusive economic zone low enough to … Continued
Billionaire NBA Team Owner Wins Permit to Build Hanalei Compound Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only mainland billionaire who wants a private compound in North Kaua‘i for his family. On January 25, Helios Hanalei, LLC — a company formed by Atlanta … Continued
Council Seeks to Preempt Closure Of Fishing Areas on the High Seas The United Nations last year started negotiations on a treaty that could establish large-scale protected areas on the high seas, raising concern among staff of the Western Pacific … Continued
The Hawai‘i shallow-set longline fishery has struggled lately to slow its catches of endangered loggerhead sea turtles. As a result, it was shut down on March 19, after hitting its annual limit of 17 takes. This comes a year after … Continued
On February 7, the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and Kona activist Mike Nakachi sent the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) a warning: Fulfill your obligations to protect threatened oceanic whitetip sharks or face a lawsuit that could halt Hawai‘i’s two … Continued
Two years ago, DW ‘Aina Le‘a Development, LLC (DWAL), brought a federal lawsuit against the state Land Use Commission, claiming $200 million in damages as a result of the agency’s 2011 vote to revert to the Agricultural district land in … Continued
Despite pressure to abandon their practice of renewing revocable permits (RPs) every year with little to no review or rent adjustment, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and its board last year settled for incremental progress, as … Continued