State aquaculture loans recipients are three times more likely to default than agricultural loan recipients. For the most part, private lenders won’t touch them. According to Doreen Shishido, head of the state Department of Agriculture’s loan division, more than one … Continued
CEATECH USA, Inc., owner of a shrimp farm in west Kaua`i, seemed to have it all – a new pond design, disease-free broodstock, a super-efficient waste system, millions in investments, and a large stretch of sunny, flat, land near the … Continued
Earlier this year, masses of dead fish showed up on Kekaha’s popular surf beaches. It was not the first time and certainly not the last. When the area was still a sugar town, dead fish would turn up on the … Continued
DLNR Moves To Ban Houses In Flood Areas After six years and a recent lawsuit and contested case, the Department of Land and Natural Resources took steps last month to repeal a rule that encourages construction in flood-prone areas of … Continued