Aquatic Resources

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  February 2, 2023 RESEARCHERS ARE SURPRISED AND SAD TO FIND MARINE DEBRIS IN 60-TON SPERM WHALE’S STOMACH  To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/795055730...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  January 30, 2023 JUDGE LIFTS WEST HAWAI‘I AQUARIUM FISHING INJUNCTION Ruling Does Not Mean Resumption of Collecting (HONOLULU) – Today, Hawaiʻi Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey P. Crabtree lifted an injunction...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  January 10, 2023 FIRST RESPONDERS TRAIN FOR HUMPBACK WHALE DISENTANGLEMENTS  To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/788036457 (Maalaea, Maui) – A dozen or more times...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 21, 2022 WAIKῙKῙ-DIAMOND HEAD SHORELINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA TO CLOSE FOR FISHING FOR ONE YEARTo view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/783391356 (HONOLULU)...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 16, 2022   PARALLEL INVESTIGATIONS CHARACTERIZE MAUI SHARK INCIDENT Social Media Commenters Asked to Think Before Posting (WAILUKU) – Collaborative investigations by the Maui Police Department (MPD), and...

JOSH B. GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 13, 2022 SHARK WARNING SIGNS UP AFTER MAN APPARENTLY INJURED IN SHARK ENCOUNTER   To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/780954089...

JOSH B. GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 9, 2022 TAKE OF PĀKU‘IKU‘I TEMPORARILY PROHIBITED ALONG WEST COAST OF HAWAI‘I ISLAND (HONOLULU) - Today, the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approved the...

JOSH B. GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 9, 2022 BOAT OWNER FINED $43,000 FOR CORAL DAMAGE (HONOLULU) – The State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) has fined the owner of a vessel...

JOSH B. GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 9, 2022 SEARCH FOR MISSING SNORKELER ON MAUI ENDS  (Kihei, Maui) – The search for a missing 60-year-old Washington State woman was called off at noon today,...

JOSH B. GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 8, 2022 FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SCENE OF POSSIBLE SHARK INCIDENT (HONOLULU) -- Just before noon today a person placed a call to 911 reporting...