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Wespac Bans Wire Leaders To Help Reduce Shark Deaths Courtesy: Kaikea Nakachi

Wespac Bans Wire Leaders To Help Reduce Shark Deaths

The Hawaii Longline Association announced last year that it would voluntarily replace those leaders with less-lethal gear.

Power Struggle: A Major Source Of Air Pollution On Oahu Is Also Keeping The Lights On Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Power Struggle: A Major Source Of Air Pollution On Oahu Is Also Keeping The Lights On

A new proposal to keep the electric plant operating is drawing strong opposition from clean-energy advocates.

Why The Pandemic Made It Harder To Protect Birds From Hawaii’s Feral Cats Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Why The Pandemic Made It Harder To Protect Birds From Hawaii’s Feral Cats

Pauses in cat sterilization efforts during the pandemic haven’t seemed to significantly affect populations, but it will be a while before the full impacts of 2020 are clear.

Experts Forecast A Destructive Wildfire Season In Hawaii This Year Courtesy: Clay Trauernicht/2019

Experts Forecast A Destructive Wildfire Season In Hawaii This Year

Climate change and human negligence are intensifying the threat of wildfires in the islands.

Scientists Are Running Out Of Time To Save This Critically Endangered Kauai Bird Courtesy: Kauai Forest Birds Recovery Project

Scientists Are Running Out Of Time To Save This Critically Endangered Kauai Bird

The new data suggests the population of akikiki — a honeycreeper bird found only on Kauai —聽 may be declining faster than previously thought.聽

Companies To Pay $150,000 Fine After Jet Fuel Spill On Sand Island Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Companies To Pay $150,000 Fine After Jet Fuel Spill On Sand Island

The fuel escaped via the bottom of a storage tank. Operators detected the spill when noticing an “inventory discrepancy.”

Hawaii Marks World Oceans Day With 9 New Laws To Protect Sharks And Marine Life Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Hawaii Marks World Oceans Day With 9 New Laws To Protect Sharks And Marine Life

The measures cover a range of issues focused on ocean conservation, resource management, regulation and enforcement.

An Explosion Of Green Parakeets Is Causing Big Problems On Kauai Courtesy: Arindam Aditya/2021

An Explosion Of Green Parakeets Is Causing Big Problems On Kauai

Wild rose-ringed parakeets feast on fruit and corn crops, screech noisily and attract rats. Researchers say native birds are at risk.

‘The Situation Is Critical’: Saving This Maui Beach Won’t Be Easy Or Cheap Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021

‘The Situation Is Critical’: Saving This Maui Beach Won’t Be Easy Or Cheap

Government agencies, scientists, property owners and beachgoers have banded together to find a solution to chronic erosion at Maui’s Kahana Bay.

Big Island Aquaculture Gets Boost With Big Grant Screenshot: NEHLA annual report

Big Island Aquaculture Gets Boost With Big Grant

A federal grant will give a successful program four more years to grow.