There’s high drama at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority. Maybe the most drama came in May, when NELHA’s director, Riley Sato, on the job for barely a year, passed away. The board of directors is still looking for...
Coco Palms in Court: This past summer, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners, which owners the former Coco Palms resort site in Wailua, Kauaʻi, secured $431 million in redevelopment financing. Whether that will be enough for the company to fulfill its plans...
A push by the Trump administration to mine the seabed off the coast of American Samoa is being challenged in court by groups in both American Samoa and Hawaiʻi. The lawsuit, brought against the National Marine Fisheries Service and Commerce...
Early on the afternoon of November 9, 2022, a 77-foot-long former minesweeper berthed for two years at the Ala Moana small boat harbor began taking on water through a six-inch hole in its hull. No one was on board the … Continued
Cats’ Role in Dolphin Deaths: Robin Baird of the Cascadia Research Institute has published a brief report on the relationship between cat populations and the deaths of cetaceans, including false killer whales and dolphins, that inhabit the ocean around Hawaiʻi....
Above map credit: Trust for Public Land We had a chance to buy it in 1983 for $6 million. … We got a second bite at the apple. We gotta do this,” David Smith said last month of a proposal...
CNMI-ning: Last month, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management moved forward with plans to open up to seafloor mining more than 69 million acres offshore of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. The action was part … Continued
The waters off Kaʻūpūlehu are slated to reopen to fishing after a ten-year rest that, according to Hui Kahuwai executive director Rebecca Most, has resulted in twice as much fish biomass in the area compared to “any other area in … Continued
Land Board Imposes Fine, Revokes Permit for Illegal Longlining in Territorial Waters The punishment of commercial fisherman Konane Zager continued last month with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voting on January 9 to fine him $10,051.90 and … Continued
The administration of President Donald Trump is going full steam ahead with plans to allow mining of metal-rich nodules on the seafloor in international waters. In April, he signed Executive Order 14285, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources,” which … Continued