In this issue, Environment Hawai`i takes a closer look at the U.S. purse seine fleet fishing in the South Pacific. Although the purse seiners fish thousands of miles from Hawai`i and none regularly pulls into port in Honolulu, they are … Continued
Editor’s note: On November 30, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it had approved an agreement between the Hawai`i Longline Association and Guam that cleared the way for charging Hawai`i longliners’ bigeye tuna catch against the Guam quota allocation, … Continued
So which fishery has a greater impact on the overfished bigeye tuna stock in the Western and Central Pacific, the longline or the purse seine? The longline fleet, which targets adult bigeye, removes the most reproductive fish from the population, … Continued
Since 1987, the United States has had a treaty arrangement with 15 small South Pacific island states plus New Zealand and Australia. Every year, American taxpayers pony up a certain base amount to give the U.S. purse seiners the right … Continued
“A number of vessels in this fleet have sub-par safety and pollution records. During safety inspections, crews have failed emergency drills due to, in part, unqualified persons in key positions and language barriers due to a mixed, nearly entirely foreign … Continued
For the last quarter century, consumers of canned tuna in the United States have been assured by most of the brands on the supermarket shelves that what they are eating was caught without harming dolphins. The dolphin-safe label of the … Continued
A concrete drainage outlet in West Kapolei proposed and approved by government agencies more than two decades ago — but never built — is undergoing closer scrutiny as its developer seeks to obtain again all of the project’s permits that … Continued
It seems the state Board of Land and Natural Resources may be the one to decide whether the contested case hearing over the Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) for the Kalo`i Gulch Drainage Improvements at One`ula Beach Park will continue … Continued
Despite opposition from the Chairperson Suzanne Case and from the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL), the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a Conservation District Use Permit for a water line … Continued
December 2015