Having just recently survived litigation against its rule allowing Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to each transfer 1,000 metric tons (mt) of their bigeye tuna quotas to the Hawai`i longline fleet, the National Marine … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service is on track to ratify a new South Pacific Tuna Treaty with 16 Pacific island nations that have historically allowed the U.S. purse seine fleet to fish in their waters for a set amount of … Continued
Hu Honua Update: Talks between Hawaiian Electric Light Company, the Big Island electric utility, and principals of Hu Honua, owner of the power plant undergoing construction at Pepe`ekeo, north of Hilo, are ongoing. As Environment Hawai`i reported last month, the … Continued
The contested case hearing over the Thirty Meter Telescope is gearing up. It is set to begin in Hilo on October 11. But the sparring has already begun, and if the number of documents filed with the Department of Land … Continued
Wespac’s Missing FAD: When the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Guam last June, there was a lively discussion about the dearth of fish-aggregating devices (FADs) in waters around the island. The Guam Department of Agriculture and Wildlife said … Continued
The state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued orders that resolve – at least for now – two of the longest-festering matters before it. The first of these involves a series of Feed-In Tariff (FIT) projects, totaling more than 6 … Continued
“it’s deep dirt. It gets loads of rain …” Board of Land and Natural Resources member Chis Yuen said of the seemingly perfect 6.7-acre lot in Hakalau. “And if you live on the Big Island, you dream of dirt,” land … Continued
Last year, two of the state’s anchor tenants in Kekaha, Kaua`i — seed companies Dupont Pioneer and Syngenta — together withdrew more than 1,500 acres from their licenses with the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). In August, Syngenta sought to abandon … Continued
With its proposed Wahiawa Reclaimed Water Irrigation System, the state Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) may finally end the City and County of Honolulu’s practice of dumping effluent from the Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) — without a National Pollutant Discharge … Continued
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