Daniel Pauly and Jay Maclean. In a Perfect Ocean: The State of Fisheries and Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean. Island Press: 2003. 175 pages (including index). $50.00 cloth; $25.00 paper. To many involved in fisheries manage-ment, the North Atlantic … Continued
Kim Tavares of the state Department of Agriculture has tips for homeowners who want to rid themselves of a handful of noisy coqui. “Take your Ziploc bag and flashlight,” she says. “Start even before it gets dark if the frog … Continued
Chytridiomycosis. Bill Kenoi, a member of the Coqui Frog Working Group and administrative assistant to Big Island Mayor Harry Kim, stumbles over the word as he introduces Richard Speare, a professor from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. But when … Continued
Damon Estate Hopes to Avoid Fine, Restore Logged Lands in Ka’u In April, the Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Damon Estate $480,335 for allowing Steve’s Ag Services to take hundreds of trees from Conservation District land owned by … Continued
The Office of Information Practices has a take on the Sunshine Law that is at variance with that of the Attorney General, OIP head Les Kondo has acknowledged – one that favors closed meetings over open ones. Disclosure of the … Continued
Where does jeopardy lie? That’s the question that the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is trying to answer as it deals with the demands of Honolulu-based longline fishers to lift restrictions intended to reduce the number of endangered sea … Continued
The fate of the state’s first Natural Area Reserve may be to cease being one. “‘Ahihi-Kina’u has restricted park use written all over it,” said Dan Davidson at the Natural Area Reserve System Commission’s June 6 meeting. Davidson is deputy … Continued
The bill is finally coming due. After years of free-wheeling application of pesticides and fertilizers by agricultural businesses and the profligate consumption of water by consumers, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) and its ratepayers are facing a multi-million … Continued
Ferns, Fungi, and Frightening Things Daniel D. Palmer. Hawai`i’s Ferns and Fern Allies. University of Hawai`i Press: 2003. 324 pages (including index). $60.00 cloth. How do you tell an Australian tree fern (aggressive invader) from one of Hawai`i’s natives? To … Continued
On a mild, sunny Saturday morning last month, a young Kailua Bay Advisory Council staffer and his intern, Kia Weaver, set up shop in a small, breezy room at the YWCA’s Camp Kokokahi on the edge of Kane’ohe Bay. Preparing … Continued