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Ige Signs Rules to Create Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area Larry Loos/Flickr

Ige Signs Rules to Create Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area

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The Hawaii governor had been under pressure for months to sign the rules, which were years in the making.

Hawaii Longline Bigeye Fishery Hits Limit, Forcing Early Closure Courtesy of NOAA

Hawaii Longline Bigeye Fishery Hits Limit, Forcing Early Closure

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Feds shut down the Pacific fishery for the year after fleets catch聽3,500 metric tons of tuna.

NOAA, DLNR and the Public Must Work Together to Heal Maunalua Bay Travis Thurston via Wikimedia Commons

NOAA, DLNR and the Public Must Work Together to Heal Maunalua Bay

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Tuesday’s fractious meeting on a plan to more tightly regulate Manualua Bay showed all sides need to work harder to help this iconic natural resource.

‘Energy and Passion’ for Maunalua Bay Drives a Deep Debate Over the Future of the Marine Sanctuary Cory Lum/Civil Beat

‘Energy and Passion’ for Maunalua Bay Drives a Deep Debate Over the Future of the Marine Sanctuary

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Hawaii Kai residents packed an elementary school cafeteria to air聽their concerns and try to learn more about the potential for聽new restrictions.

Wespac Seeks to Expand Bigeye Tuna Quotas for U.S. Fleets Courtesy of NOAA

Wespac Seeks to Expand Bigeye Tuna Quotas for U.S. Fleets

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Federal agency asked to find ways for purse seine and longline fleets to catch more than conservation measures currently allow.

Scientists Want Balance Between Deep-Sea Mining and Ecosystem Sustainability flickr:Allie_Caufield

Scientists Want Balance Between Deep-Sea Mining and Ecosystem Sustainability

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University of Hawaii professor worked with a team to develop a strategy published this week in Science magazine.

Seven Months Later, Hawaii Fishing Rules Still Not Signed Cyril Fluck/Flickr

Seven Months Later, Hawaii Fishing Rules Still Not Signed

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Gov. David Ige is continuing to review rules approved by the DLNR last year that would create the state’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.

Environmental Court: Hopes for Stricter Law Enforcement, Fears of Improper Influence Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Environmental Court: Hopes for Stricter Law Enforcement, Fears of Improper Influence

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Twenty-two Hawaii judges will devote time each month to hearing environmental cases, which may make rulings more predictable for all sides.

Feds Need to Move Forward With Critical Habitat Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal USFWS Pacific/Flickr

Feds Need to Move Forward With Critical Habitat Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal

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NOAA needs to act now to classify most of Hawaii’s coastal areas as essential habitat for the endangered monk seal or risk losing an iconic species.

DLNR Rules Linger in Governor鈥檚 Office Wikimedia Commons

DLNR Rules Linger in Governor鈥檚 Office

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Hawaii Gov. David Ige has yet to sign off on aquarium fishing rules and commercial fishing restrictions off Kauai.