For Immediate Release: June 15, 2012 DLNR ENFORCEMENT CITE MAN FOR ILLEGAL LANDING AT MANANA ISLAND, HARASSMENT OF MONK SEAL Sentenced to $1,000 fine and 80 hours of community service HONOLULU – An O‘ahu man was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and 80 hours of community service in Kaneohe District Court after being cited by […]
Guest commentary: An informal history of monk seals
Lloyd Miyashiro – Special to The Garden Island | … Home / News / Opinion / Guest / Guest guest commentary An informal history of monk seals Story Discussion Lloyd Miyashiro – Special to The Garden Island | Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:30 pm | (4) Comments Font Size: Default font size Larger font size My wife […]
NOAA: Coexisting with Monk Seals
Good Neighbors: How to Share Hawaii’s Beaches with Endangered Monk Seals As the Hawaiian monk seal (HMS) population in the main Hawaiian Islands continues to naturally increase, the number of encounters between seals and humans is certain to increase as well. The eight-minute video, “Good Neighbors: How to Share Hawaii’s Beaches with Endangered Hawaiian Monk […]
Turtles Protected by Law
HAWAII SEA TURTLES REMAIN PROTECTED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS HONOLULU – The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and NOAA Fisheries remind the community that sea turtles remain protected under State and Federal laws. In Hawai‘i, sea turtles are protected by the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes […]
70% Beaches Eroding
By Sonia Isotov of Maui Now An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70% of beaches on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to a US Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Hawaiʻi (UH) report released today. Of the three islands, Maui beaches experienced the […]
Ma’alaea Harbor Expansion Dropped
From the Maui News Fderal and state agencies are ending a decadeslong project that would have expanded Maalaea Small Boat Harbor, citing costs as well as opposition from community groups that maintained that the proposals would fail to protect the harbor from surges while destroying acres of coral and affecting the “Freight Train” surf break…. […]