The Hawai`i Supreme Court has directed the First Circuit Court to issue an injunction halting the commercial collection of reef fish for aquarium purposes, granting the relief sought by four individuals and three organizations. In a unanimous opinion, the high court reversed the decisions … Continued
Things are about to get a bit tighter for the Hawai`i longline fleet. On September 1, the National Marine Fisheries Service closed the Hawai`i longline fishery in the Western and Central Pacific because the fleet had exceeded its annual bigeye … Continued
It may make no practical difference. Votes by the appointed members of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) have traditionally been unanimous. But at the council’s June meeting, Elena Onaga of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of … Continued
Throughout the month of September, Foodland is sponsoring its annual GiveAloha drive. This allows shoppers to donate to charities across the state – including Environment Hawai`i – as they check out. At the end of the month, Foodland and the … Continued
On September 1, the National Marine Fisheries Service is closing the bigeye fishery for most vessels in the the Hawaii longline fleet, with the fleet having exceeded its 2017 limit of 3,138 metric tons for the Western and Central Pacific. On August … Continued
August 15 is the new deadline for submission of comments on the Trump administration’s decision to review all national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments designated and/or expanded since April 28, 2007. Of the 11 protected areas that are subject … Continued
In our May issue, we look closely at two GEMS-related bills that had advanced far in the 2017 legislative session. Both House Bill 1593 and House Bill 957 would make significant changes to the way in which the Hawai`i Green … Continued
During the evidentiary portion of the contested case hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), parties to the proceeding would often attempt to cast doubt on the credibility of witnesses. If successful, this process, known as impeachment, results in … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced its intention to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Hawai`i- and American Samoa-based deep-set longline tuna fishery and will be holding a series of public scoping meetings around the islands beginning February … Continued
On January 10, Marti Townsend, executive director of the Hawai`i Chapter of the Sierra Club, took the witness stand in the contested case hearing on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). She testified for the better part of five hours, with … Continued