What you are holding in your hands is the 240th issue of Environment Hawai`i. It represents the completion of our 20th year of continuous publication. Think of it. Twenty years, an entire generation, of grinding out a monthly newsletter. Few publications make … Continued
Too many boats. Too few tuna. In the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, the rights of countries to catch fish have outrun the fish’s ability to keep up. With no one willing to give ground, the result is a giant … Continued
Planning is a good thing. And the 15-year Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge is, by our lights, a pretty good one. But the thing about planning is this: it should never undercut its own viability. … Continued
The 50 or so member states and participating non-members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission can agree on very little. Yet when the commission’s chaotic eighth meeting concluded after five long and raucous days of plenary sessions, with … Continued
On its face, the plan to reforest more than 7,000 acres of Kuka`iau Ranch is remarkable. Using a combination of government grants, private philanthropy, and market drivers, a substantial chunk of the northern slope of Mauna Kea would be restored … Continued
Scott Watson may be a “serial violator,” to use the description of him offered by an employee of the Hawai`i County Planning Department. But as serious and numerous as his infractions may be, the real villain in the sad stories … Continued
Five years ago, scientists pushed for a 30 percent reduction in bigeye tuna catches made in the Western and Central Pacific. That was the amount that was required, they said, to rebuild the stock to the point it could be … Continued