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Feds Want To Hear From You About Whitetip Sharks
The shark’s fins are highly valued as a delicacy in Asian markets, the primary reason behind overfishing.
Courtesy of Ryan Burden
Appeals Court To Hear Maui GMO Case
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Monsanto’s motion to dismiss an appeal by the SHAKA Movement.
NOAA
Measure For Sunscreen Testing Progresses
A legislative proposal would provide the University of Hawaii with funds to study the effect sunscreen has on coral reefs.
PF Bentley/Civil Beat
Navy’s Insistence on Red Hill Fuel Tank Secrecy Raises Alarms
State and city agencies push back against a military effort to require non-disclosure agreements in work to prevent more fuel leaks that could threaten Oahu’s water.
Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
NOAA Withdraws Proposal To Expand Whale Sanctuary
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources objected to the plan,聽considering it a federal overreach.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat
Syngenta Workers Seek Medical Aid After Pesticide Use on Kauai
The 10 farm workers walked onto a field where the pesticide chlorpyrifos had been applied only 20 hours previously.
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NASA’s Game-Changing Plan To Save Coral Reefs
The space agency is lending high-tech instruments to a three-year study of the world’s key reef systems.
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Measures Adopted To Protect Fishery Observers In Western, Central Pacific
Following another recent disappearance, a regulatory commission finally takes steps to discourage abuse of observers aboard fishing vessels.
NOAA/Doug Perrine
Can We All Please Calm Down About Hawaii’s ‘Missing’ Humpbacks?
The whales may not be showing up in their expected numbers yet, but “they’re here now and there will be more soon,” an expert says.
(Courtesy of Alexander & Baldwin)
Say Goodbye To Hawaii’s Last Sugar Plantation
Alexander &聽Baldwin’s decision means the end of an era for the Aloha State, and the loss of 675 jobs on Maui. It will also soon halt the controversial practice of sugar cane burning.