Mahalo to all who took action in the last few months, asking the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing on a permit to allow Hawai’i Ocean Technology, Inc. (HOTI) to build a proposed 247-acre ahi tuna feed lot off the Kohala Coast. 100% of the feed for this project would be imported [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ocean protection’
Ahi Feedlot Abandons Ship!
Posted in Aquaculture, fisheries, food sovereignty, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged Aquaculture, food sovereignty, land and cultural rights, ocean protection on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Monster Salmon. And not in a good way.
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, fisheries, gmo, tagged fisheries, gmo, ocean protection on September 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
They came for our taro. Is it any surprise that fish is next on the list? Today, federal officials in the U.S. are considering approval of the first genetically modified fish. GMO-salmon. Ick. Salmon are sacred. It’s time to show our solidarity for indigenous peoples, first nations, and fishing and nearshore communities the world over. [...]
No Public Speaking Allowed?
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, military toxics, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged land and cultural rights, militarization, navy, NWHI, ocean protection, whales on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We attended the Honolulu scoping meeting on the Navy’s planned expansion of sonar and underwater munitions testing and training activities two weeks ago. We’re still working on processing the information and our thoughts about the process. In the meantime, we thought we’d share these thoughts from Uncle Jim on Moku o Keawe about their experience [...]
Reading: Environment Hawai’i, August Issue
Posted in activism, environmental justice, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged environmental justice, land and cultural rights, NWHI, ocean protection on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We got our August issue of the excellent Environment Hawai’i in the mail the other day! On DAR’s proposed list of activities that they believe should be exempted from doing environmental assessment, they write, “DAR’s proposed list appears to exempt every type of permit and license issued by the division.” Including live rock and coral [...]
That Deafness? It’s Only Temporary.
Posted in activism, fisheries, Hawaiian Monk Seal, military toxics, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged military, NWHI, ocean protection on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Many of you followed the sonar lawsuit from 2008, in which KAHEA, in partnership with Earthjustice and other local, national and international NGOs, sued the U.S. Navy over its proposed expansion of military exercises around Hawai’i, including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The State of Hawai’i, at our urging, also asked the Navy to comply with [...]
A little explanation.
Posted in activism, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, tagged conservation, NWHI, ocean protection, world heritage on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Miwa: I wrote the little explanation below the other day to Uncle Bill Aila, Jr. in response to an email from him. Though it was written for him, I thought I would share it here on our blog, as others may have questions about KAHEA’s support of Na Koa and Koani Foundation in their [...]
Antifouling Causes Paler Fish
Posted in Aquaculture, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged Aquaculture, boats, nets, NWHI, ocean protection, oceans on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Marti: Study in Sweden found that new antifouling chemical medetomidine (used to prevent the buildup of barnacles, seaweed/marine organisms on the cages/nets of open water fish farms) causes paler fish, affecting the skin cells that contain dark pigment. It also appears to affect a detoxifying enzyme in the fish’s livers, which could result in [...]
Thousands March Against Fish Farms in B.C.
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, tagged activism, Aquaculture, fish, ocean protection on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Close to 5,000 people gathered this past weekend, the culmination of a 500 km march, led by biologist Alexandra Morton, to protest open ocean fish farms and the impacts they are having on wild fish in British Columbia. As we open our doors to open ocean farms for ahi in Hawai’i, do we have something [...]
State finally getting it right for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands… -ish.
Posted in conservation, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged NWHI, ocean protection on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Marti: Last week, the Board of Land and Natural Resources held a special meeting to consider several permit applications from HIMB researchers for activities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahānaumokuākea. After several years of public testimony at every permit hearing — and even finally, a lawsuit! – the Land Board and its staff finally admitted: [...]
Reading: Edible Hawaiian Islands
Posted in Aquaculture, conservation, food sovereignty, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged Aquaculture, food, food sovereignty, ocean protection on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This issue of Edible Hawaiian Islands is devoted to fish, fishing, and fisheries. How fish gets from the sea to your plate, and everything in between. Some interesting ideas on the future for “sustainable” fisheries by Jon Letman, and on raising fish “Loko” style by Rob Parsons. We’re liking: Rob’s interview with Michael Kumuhauoha Lee, [...]
April Round-up on Pono Aquaculture
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, fisheries, food sovereignty, ocean protection, tagged activism, Aquaculture, ocean protection on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mahalo to Rob Parsons (our amazing Food and Water Watch Hawaiʻi Outreach Coordinator and our friend and fellow member of the Pono Aquaculture Alliance) for this April round-up on efforts towards sustainable, pono aquaculture in Hawai’i: The month of April has been full-tilt on the forefront of aquaculture issues in Hawaii, and beyond. We announced [...]
NOAA “Listening Session” Report-back
Posted in Aquaculture, fisheries, food sovereignty, tagged Aquaculture, ocean protection on April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mahalo to Rob Parsons, long-time Maui resident, journalist, and local environmental advocate for his detailed report-back on the Honolulu NOAA “listening session” yesterday. The post below is from his notes on the meeting: Yesterday’s NOAA listening session was one of six being held nationwide to solicit input as NOAA strives to establish a policy for [...]
Full-Page Ad Sends A Message on Okinawa
Posted in activism, ocean protection, tagged action alert, ocean protection on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many of you know of the efforts of people like Pete Doktor, Norman Kaneshiro, Kyle Kajihiro and so many others in Hawai’i working to protect beautiful Henoko Bay in Okinawa from U.S. military base construction. Henoko Bay is home to the endangered dugong and a place on which local people depend for their traditional practice [...]
Why Jay Hates Us This Week
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, food sovereignty, ocean protection, tagged Aquaculture, ocean protection on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Miwa: I tend not to get too worked up about what people say in the papers, but this I just had to share… Below is a copy of Jay Fidell’s column in the Honolulu Advertiser (published Sunday). In it, he articulates his opposition to the newly formed Pono Aquaculture Alliance.* My personal favorite quote [...]
Admit it, we were right all along
Posted in conservation, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged DLNR, EIS, environmental review, extractive research, land board, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean protection, papahanaumokuakea marine national monument on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Marti: We have commented on every permit issued and every plan released concerning Papahanaumokuakea because we want to see these public trust resources protected. At every hearing for five years, we have asked the co-managers to assess the cumulative impact of human activities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They punted on the monument management plan [...]
Unveiling PA’A Pono Aquaculture Alliance
Posted in Aquaculture, fisheries, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged Aquaculture, ocean protection on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
From Shelley: Aloha mai kakou, Pa’a in Hawaiian means many things, such as to be firm or fastened–like an ‘opihi to a rock, to be vigorous, steadfast, engaged. Last week we held a press conference unveiling the Pono Aquaculture Alliance (PAA) which is made up of groups and individuals who are calling for a critical [...]
Turtle Bay Win!
Posted in land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, EIS, ocean protection on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You’ve probably seen in the papers over the last few days, news of the Supreme Court win for Keep the North Shore Country and Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter. The ruling states that the 1985 EIS developed for a massive proposed development (5 hotels and 1,000 resort condos) on O’ahu’s North Shore, indeed does need an [...]
Amazing Turn-out, But Commission Disappoints.
Posted in ocean protection, tagged activism, kawela bay, ocean, ocean protection, shoreline protection on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the morning of Thursday, February 4th, the State Land Use Commission hearing was a packed house–wall to wall green shirts as over 60 people literally “stood up” for protecting some of O’ahu’s last wild shoreline. After 23 years of inaction by developers, Defend Oahu Coalition filed a motion with the State Land Use Commission [...]
More on Turtle Bay EIS: When is old, TOO old?
Posted in ocean protection, tagged north shore, ocean protection on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HAWSCT Oral Aguments Scheduled In Turtle Bay/Kuilima EIS Case: Is A Change In “Context,” But Not The Project, Enough To Trigger Supplemental EIS? On Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., the Hawaii Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, the case in [...]
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Turtle Bay
Posted in ocean protection, tagged north shore, ocean protection, turtle bay on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Supreme Court of Hawai`i announced yesterday it would hear oral arguments on whether an outdated 25-year old Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) provided enough information to approve a proposed expansion of the Turtle Bay Resort. Kuilima Resort Company, owner of the property and currently headed by local developer Stanford Carr, is seeking approval for five [...]
More Commentary on Ocean Policy Task Force “Listening” Session
Posted in activism, fisheries, ocean protection, tagged ocean policy task force, ocean protection on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Snorkel Bob (Robert Wintner), on Tuesday’s Ocean Policy Task Force: Consensus was overwhelming; conservation efforts in Hawaii have been stifled in the name of commerce for too long. The Ocean Policy Task Force may render a sea change in priorities & approach. We shall see. At any rate, NOAA got the message with a [...]
Media Coverage of Ocean Policy Taskforce
Posted in conservation, ocean protection, tagged moana, ocean protection, oceans on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few links to media coverage of Tuesday’s Ocean Policy Taskforce: http://honoluluweekly.com/qanda/2009/09/seaweed-rebellion-2/ http://hawaiipublicradio.org/audio/TS_092409.mp3 (Mahalo to Stuart Coleman of Surfrider Foundation)
“Listening.” Kind of.
Posted in activism, conservation, island sustainability, ocean protection, tagged ocean, ocean protection, oceans on September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From Miwa: “We are the Kānaka. We are the Hawaiians. We are the ones who, if you screw it up, have nowhere else to go. Whose mana, whose ancestors, whose everything, will be lost.” – Testimony from one uncle from Oʻahu to the Ocean Policy Task Force members. So, I only made it to the [...]
“Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection, tagged activism, conservation, cultural rights, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Alana: As a result of many letters being sent to state representatives, Rep. Mazie Hirono has decided to co-sponsor the “Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″. The bill asserts that under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and regional fishery [...]
Open Ocean Aquaculture proves itself very controversial in on-going newspaper commentary
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, food sovereignty, gmo, island sustainability, ocean protection, tagged conservation, fisheries, gmo, ocean, ocean protection, sustainability on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Alana: For the past few weeks there have been numerous articles, editorials, and letters to editors in several local newspapers regarding open ocean aquaculture. A recent editorial in the Honolulu Advertiser states that the large size and experimental nature of the [Hawaii Oceanic Tech] project demands that state regulators, and the public, keep a [...]
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