Wednesday, April 11, was a good day for Peter Young. A room full of people, except for a handful, testified all day about his integrity and his good works as head of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, a … Continued
Mercury is a poison. Certain fish have high levels of mercury. To avoid being poisoned, then, you should avoid eating fish. That’s the oversimplified syllogism that has guided many consumers over the last few years, ever since alarms were raised … Continued
On Tuesday, April 14, the American Society of Civil Engineers will hold a one-day workshop, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in Honolulu on ways to increase the sustainability of Hawaii’s infrastructure and engineering projects. William Wallace, inventor of the Envision sustainable … Continued
Is the sighting of one monk seal three years after the acceptance of the Kalo`i Gulch Drainage Improvements’ final environmental impact statement (FEIS) enough “new evidence” to require a supplemental one? How about a monk seal sighting plus the release … Continued
At long last, the Hawai`i Board of Agriculture has moved toward a quarantine rule that is intended to reduce the likelihood that new strains of the `ohi`a rust, Puccinia psidii, are introduced to Hawai`i. “The board has determined that there … Continued
Last year, the Hawai`i deep-set longline fleet interacted with more Hawaiian false killer whales than it had in more than a decade and most of those interactions resulted in serious injuries, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. This happened … Continued
GEMS Update: The Green Energy Market Securitization program, which was the subject of several articles in the March issue of Environment Hawai`i, has signed up with Pacific Rim Bank as the provider of GEMS-backed loans. At its February 26 meeting, … Continued
There’s an 89 percent chance that commercial fishermen in the Main Hawaiian Islands are catching uhu, commonly known as parrotfish, at an unsustainable rate. That’s according to Cassandra Pardee, a Hawai`i Pacific University graduate student who has recently completed a … Continued
It’s not uncommon for the governor to sit on controversial rules approved by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources until all or most of the kinks are worked out. Former Gov. Neil Abercrombie took months to sign rules … Continued
When estimating the number of false killer whales that interact with the longline fishery, scientists and resource managers do not try to guess the sex of any individual caught. But a recently published study of dorsal fin disfigurements concludes that … Continued