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What Quota? Hawaii Longliners Are Fishing For Ahi Again Cory Lum/Civil Beat

What Quota? Hawaii Longliners Are Fishing For Ahi Again

For the fourth straight year, fishermen reach their limit early, then buy the chance for more from the Northern Marianas.

How Foreign Crews Are Able To Work Aboard US Fishing Boats Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

How Foreign Crews Are Able To Work Aboard US Fishing Boats

An exemption in federal law changed who catches tuna for Hawaii’s longliners. Now some crew members are allegedly exploited.

Fishing Industry Says It’s Working To Stop Abuse Of Foreign Crews Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Fishing Industry Says It’s Working To Stop Abuse Of Foreign Crews

Hawaii longline tuna fishermen have created a task force to respond to allegations of human trafficking and poor working conditions.

Fishing Conditions Alarm Lawmakers Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Fishing Conditions Alarm Lawmakers

Hawaii’s congressional delegation reacts to the AP report on working conditions for tuna fishermen.

Fish Council Votes Against Ocean Protection Measure Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Fish Council Votes Against Ocean Protection Measure

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Council was one of only two U.S. organizations to oppose a broad new conservation measure.

Climate Change: ‘If We Save Tuvalu, We Save The World’ Tomoaki Inaba/Flickr

Climate Change: ‘If We Save Tuvalu, We Save The World’

A tiny nine-island nation at the forefront of global warming’s effects takes center stage at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu.

Ige On Water Protection: Don’t Stop At Papahanaumokuakea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige On Water Protection: Don’t Stop At Papahanaumokuakea

Hawaii can do more, says the governor, who echoed the proposals of Pacific Island leaders on the first day of the World Conservation Congress.

Obama In Honolulu: ‘No Nation Is Immune To A Changing Climate’ Pool Photo by Cindy Ellen Russell/2016

Obama In Honolulu: ‘No Nation Is Immune To A Changing Climate’

The president addressed Pacific Island leaders on the eve of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s 10-day conference in Hawaii.

Obama Creates World’s Largest Protected Marine Area Off Hawaii Courtesy of Jim Abernethy

Obama Creates World’s Largest Protected Marine Area Off Hawaii

UPDATED: The expanded Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will be 600,000 square miles — nearly the size of Alaska.

Ige Backs Monument Expansion Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige Backs Monument Expansion

Hawaii Gov. David Ige has thrown his support behind the proposed expansion of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.