Parties seeking to restore the flow of Waiahole Ditch water to windward O`ahu have filed a petition with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, asking the board to remove the Department of Land and Natural Resources from the … Continued
With great fanfare, the state of Hawai`i cracked down on illegal boat tour operators in September of 1994, issuing more than 100 citations. With the same degree of stealth, the citations were withdrawn from court less than a year later, … Continued
The long-festering dispute over tour boat traffic in the Hanalei area of Kaua`i was taken to a new level in late November and December. The escalation occurred when Clancy Greff, also known as Captain Zodiac, posted a notice placing a … Continued
In what federal officials have described as the “most significant international fishing enforcement case in the United States” in 1995, the master of a pirate driftnet vessel fishing in waters north of the Hawaiian chain has been convicted on criminal … Continued
With the longline fishing fleet still a relative newcomer to the Hawaiian islands — arriving here only in the late 1980s — the full scope of its environmental impact is still unfolding. Most recently, scientists at the U.S. Fish and … Continued