Last year, the state Legislature awarded the Department of Agriculture nearly $20 million to allow it to carry out more aggressive efforts to deal with invasive species. Governor Josh Green pared that back by half. Still, $10 million for biosecurity … Continued
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A Voice for Kaʻu Is Lost: On January 24, Julia Neal, founder and editor of the Kaʻu Calendar, passed away in Pahala. In 2002, she founded the newspaper, which was distributed in print to residents of the Kaʻu District on … Continued
In June 2020, Launiupoko Irrigation Company filed a request for a rate increase with the Public Utilities Commission. Among other things, it sought PUC approval for nearly $10 million in loans that it had received from Peter Martin, who holds … Continued
More Protections for Cetaceans: At its recent meeting in Fiji, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted a measure intended to provide some measure of protection to whales and dolphins that interact with longline fishing vessels throughout the vast … Continued
For nearly three decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has conducted or supported regular hauls of marine debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Most of it is made up of derelict fishing gear, and most of that is non-biodegradable … Continued
The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution gathered recently in Busan, Korea, in what was supposed to be its fifth and final meeting in an effort to come up with a treaty to reduce plastic production. On December … Continued
What is driving down the population of false killer whales around the Main Hawaiian Islands? A paper just published in the journal Endangered Species Research suggests that the fishing activities of thousands of commercial and recreational fishers operating in nearshore … Continued
On October 29, Governor Josh Green announced the appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to fill the spot on the Commission on Water Resource Management reserved for an expert in Hawaiian culture and traditions. Within a week, a complaint alleging numerous … Continued