HB850 Relating to Fishing – This establishes a community-based fishery resource management area around Lana’i, and an advisory committee to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop traditional fishery management practices, and advise proposed rules for take of fishery resources. Senate WLH Committee passed the bill with amendments, including a provision to incorporate […]
Open-ocean aquaculture needs more scrutiny
ISLAND VOICES Open-ocean aquaculture needs more scrutiny By Andrea Brower POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 04, 2011 Despite significant environmental, cultural and economic concerns about open-ocean aquaculture (OOA), permitting and other forms of government support make Hawaii “ground zero” for testing this risky new technology. The dominant story justifying OOA is part of a larger […]
Aquarium Bill Hearing
Sick Tang in Aquarium with its fins rotted off Senate Bill 580 to protect Hawaii’s reef wildlife from the aquarium trade is now scheduled for a Tuesday hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Clayton Hee: See bill here. Senate Water & Land Committee revised SB 580 so that the bill gives Maui […]
Lana’i students Limu restoration
The Maui News In restoration, hands get wet and brains fed Lana’i students are attempting limu restoration
Injection Wells: Are There Any Alternatives?
The ongoing debate over the use of injection wells in Maui County has many people asking: “Are there viable alternatives to disposing of wastewater via injection wells?” Considering that legally permitted injection wells are linked to coral reef degradation and suspected of causing increasing incidences of staph infections in recreational water users, this is an […]
Ahihi-Kinau to remain closedHeadline
BLNR votes 2-year extension to draft management plan The Maui News July 8, 2010 MAKENA – The Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve will remain closed to people for another two years, the state announced Wednesday. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted last month to extend the closure, which had been scheduled to expire Aug. […]