Plans to make the Whitmore area in North O`ahu the island’s agricultural hub — complete with processing facilities, an agribusiness-technology park, and thousands of acres of farmland — are quickly coming together, at least when it comes to acquiring … Continued
Board Facilitates Removal of Encroachments, While Expanding an Easement for Another “The ocean is rising. The state is getting more land every year,” said board member Stanley Roehrig at the May 8 meeting of the state Board of Land and Natural … Continued
At a time when the bigeye tuna stock in the Western and Central Pacific is being overfished — and by some standards, is already in an overfished state — the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council last month asked the National … Continued
This time around, not a single angry word came from Hawai`i’s commercial bottomfish fishers, even though their annual catch limit (ACL) over the next few years will be tens of thousands of pounds less than it’s been in recent … Continued
NMFS Gets OK To Cull Up to 20 Sharks To Protect Monk Seal Pups in NWHI In past years, when the National Marine Fisheries Service asked for — and received — permits to cull “rogue” Galapagos sharks that were preying on … Continued
It’s becoming a regular thing. A little too regular for some. On February 27, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources faced yet another case where landowners had to pay fines and fees and obtain an after-the-fact use permit and … Continued
“I can’t tell you how many ulcers I get in a matter of hours when there’s a possibility I could lose 30 pump stations in one event,” said Timothy Steinberger, the former director of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services. The … Continued
Land Board Grants $1M to Save Ka Iwi Land From Development On April 10, despite its staff’s recommendation to deny, the Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved the release of $1 million for Livable Hawai`i Kai Hui’s purchase of … Continued
Have Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation Co., Ltd., been illegally diverting more than a hundred million gallons of water a day from East Maui streams? Last month, on behalf of East Maui residents Healoha Carmichael … Continued
“They are going gangbusters already, trying to open up all historic lo`i,” Alan Murakami says of his clients, member of Na Moku Aupuni o Ko`olau Hui, who will soon be receiving a release of some six million gallons of water … Continued