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The Hawai‘i longline fishing fleet is on the rebound. From a peak of 141 vessels active in its heyday in the early 1990s, it gradually slumped to 100 in 2002, following a federal court ruling that shut down the swordfish … Continued

Peter Young expected there would be mo ments of uncomfortable silence when the Hawai‘i Ocean and Coastal Council met for the first time on March 9. The freshly minted council was established by an executive order of Governor Linda Lingle, … Continued

It was a hard-fought battle right up to the finish, but on February 15, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally won a court order giving it a legal overland easement to a 5,300-acre parcel in South Kona it bought … Continued

Kaua‘i Water: Another View We are writing to correct misinforma tion in your article on East Kauai irrigation systems that appeared in your Janu ary 2005 issue, “Hawaiians, Conservationists Challenge Diversion of Streams in East Kauai.” We take exception to … Continued

A set of proposed fishing regulations for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Na tional Marine Sanctuary has been approved by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council and is to be submitted later this month to the National Marine Sanctuary Program. The … Continued

At the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science conference held last February in Washington DC, researchers pre sented data suggesting that selective fishing over decades has caused some Atlantic female fish to evolve in ways that could potentially … Continued

When you’re swamped with work, is there such a thing as too much help? In the case of the U.S. Army’s efforts to protect endangered species in state Natural Area Reserves and forest reserves, the answer to that question depends … Continued