Rick Gaffney

Rick Gaffney is a lifetime resident of Hawaii, an environmentalist and a fisherman.

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Support Small Fishermen By Making It Easier To Buy Fresh Off The Boat Wee Guys Fishing Tournament Kona

Support Small Fishermen By Making It Easier To Buy Fresh Off The Boat

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During the pandemic, for the first time in over 200 years, you could barter or buy fish from a fisherman on his boat in nearly every community in Hawaii.

Big Island Facilities Need To Work Together For Hawaii’s New Normal Brian E. Powers/www.Hawaiianimages.net

Big Island Facilities Need To Work Together For Hawaii’s New Normal

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Connecting the dots in West Hawaii could lead to immense opportunities.

Using COVID-19 To Undermine Pacific Marine Monuments Is Wrong Courtesy: Lindsey Kramer/USFWS

Using COVID-19 To Undermine Pacific Marine Monuments Is Wrong

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Wespac and the Trump administration have an anti-conservation agenda against the ocean.

Civil Beat Series Was Right: Wespac Is No Friend Of The Ocean Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Civil Beat Series Was Right: Wespac Is No Friend Of The Ocean

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Fishery council members have repeatedly shown that they cannot be trusted to govern themselves.

There Are Limits To The Ocean鈥檚 Bounty Flickr: Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

There Are Limits To The Ocean鈥檚 Bounty

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Blessed to live in the most remote island chain on the planet, we also have an obligation to care for it.

Campaign Corner: Why We Need David Tarnas Back In The Legislature Courtesy: David Tarnas

Campaign Corner: Why We Need David Tarnas Back In The Legislature

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The state House candidate鈥檚 skills and unique expertise are vitally important.

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries UNESCO via Wikimedia Commons

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries

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By protecting key waters from over fishing, we can take tangible steps to preserve fishing in the Hawaiian Islands for generations to come.