Posted 09/24/2012 The Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, is being sued by opponents of the Hu Honua power plant. The plant, in Pepe’ekeo, is being built on the site of a sugar mill. Its operators say they will … Continued
Posted 09/18/2012 The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced it is accepting further public comment on a petition to list the Hawai`i insular population of false killer whales as a distinct population segment eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act. … Continued
Posted 08/29/2012 Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, says she is “girding [her] loincloth” and “sharpening [her] spears” in an effort to get the federal government to consult with a new group she’s helped to form. … Continued
Posted 08/24/2012 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a permit authorizing the Hawai`i longline swordfish fleet to take seabirds. The permit is the first of its kind ever issued by the agency under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. … Continued
Posted 08/09/2012 Photo credit: Jennifer Smith U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway has denied Maui County’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it over the county’s discharge into the ocean of treated effluent from the Lahaina sewage treatment plant. … Continued
Posted 08/01/2012 The National Marine Fisheries Service says that a petition to delist the Hawai`i population of green sea turtles – removing its status as threatened under the Endangered Species Act – “may be warranted.” “We find that the petition … Continued
Posted 07/23/2012 According to Kitty Simonds, one of the possible reasons for a decline in the abudance and size of nearshore fish in Hawai’i is … “Visitors feeding our fish food that they shouldn’t be feeding them.” And as for … Continued
Posted 07/30/2012 The developer of 62 acres of land near Waikoloa, Hawai’i, has registered its intentions to raise some $37.5 million in capital through a public offering of stock. The registration was made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on … Continued
Posted 05/24/2012 Earthjustice is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service over the agency’s foot-dragging in protecting false killer whales from Hawai`i-based longline fishing vessels. NMFS’ own studies show that the whales are being hooked, injured, and even killed by … Continued
Posted 05/21/2012 Just days before the NRDC lawsuit, NMFS released its most recent stock assessment reports (SARs) for marine mammals, including those in the Pacific that interact with Hawai`i-based fisheries. At the same time, it responded to the several comments … Continued