HONOLULU ADVERTISER, ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WIRE REPORT ON CONTROVERSY by Stewart: KAHEA’s complaint asking a Hawaii court to require the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to follow state law concerning permits for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument has made news, as Hawaii’s largest newspaper and a national environmental wire service both published [...]
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KAHEA Lawsuit Makes Headlines
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, conservation, fisheries, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, culture, fisheries, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Draft Science Plan Public Hearing: Grandfathering-in Permitted Activities
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, conservation, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, coral, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, hawaii, hearing, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, malama, management, marine protected area, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, superferry, sustainability, whales on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Last night at the public hearing on the Draft Science Plan for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, held at the monument office in Hawaii Kai, a troubling consequence of the lack of environmental review was elucidated. One of the Science Plan authors stated that research activities that have already been permitted are assumed to [...]
KAHEA SUES STATE TO PROTECT NWHI
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, conservation, fisheries, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged activism, coral, cultural rights, culture, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“This is not the wild west; there are laws here. Laws that are meant to protect our natural resources and the best interests of Hawaii’s people. DLNR must follow these laws.” — Kumu Hula Vicky Holt-Takamine, KAHEA’s Board President.
32 Tons of Marine Litter Removed: Sadly, the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, beach access, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, development, environmental justice, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, marine reserve, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, sustainability on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea The U.S. Coast Guard removed 32 tons of debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the Fourth of July weekend. Much thanks to the Coast Guard for ameliorating the health of our oceans! See the Honolulu Advertiser article: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090713/BREAKING01/307130004/U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20removes%2032%20tons%20of%20debris%20from%20Northwestern%20Hawaiian%20Islands?GID=e/Si+j1sOYkNlMXAMxQScaqw1wgB5/Nurtn+5iNvNh8%3D While I am glad that efforts to clean up marine litter are taking place, [...]
Fishing in NWHI?
Posted in 1, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged cultural rights, fisheries, land and cultural rights, management plan, marine protected area, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean protection on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Alana: On June 15, the third anniversary of the designation of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands as a national monument, a boat that was caught fishing multiple times in a highly protected area of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The bottom-fishing boat was in a very restricted area of the monument, which extends 50 miles [...]
Monk Seal Protection Update
Posted in 1, Hawaiian Monk Seal, activism, ocean protection, tagged activism, fisheries, marine protected area, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from Stewart: After the Surfrider Foundation’s Kauai chapter offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing two Hawaiian monk seals on Kauai, it raised an obvious question: Why is the Surfrider Foundation having to offer a reward? Where is the federal government? It turns out officials [...]
Honolulu NWHI Hearing Online
Posted in ocean protection, tagged marine protected area, marine reserve, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Video of the Honolulu hearing on the Draft Management Plan for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands held in Honolulu on June 24th. The 1,200 page plan will direct the future of public trust resources in the last, large intact Hawaiian reef ecosystem in the world. At the hearing, leading local conservation [...]
NWHI Marine Monument Hearings on Oahu TV
Posted in ocean protection, tagged marine protected area, marine reserve, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From our buddy Oren, who helped us get this public hearing documented and on air: The video taping of the Honolulu hearing on the Draft Management Plan for The Papahanaumokuakea Marine Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands held in Honolulu on June 24th will be aired on ‘Olelo Community Television on ch. 52 as well [...]
Where’s the public in this “public process”?
Posted in ocean protection, tagged coral, hearing, management plan, marine protected area, marine reserve, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, process, public on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Evan, law school student and Legal Fellow from the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law working on staff with KAHEA this summer: Was thrown into the deep waters of the 1,200 page Papahanaumokuakea Draft Monument Management Plan for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this summer. It’s given me a unique opportunity to observe the [...]

