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A Viral Hawaiian Monk Seal Changes The Conversation On Molokaʻi

At first, Hawaiiloa Mowat thought it was a cat.

The lifelong Molokaʻi resident rushed outside May 31 after hearing his dogs bark loudly in the front yard.

 

$17 Million In Court Settlements Is Coming To Red Hill Families

Nearly 630 of the plaintiffs affected by Navy water contamination in Central Oʻahu will receive a combined payment of $17 million in the latest batch of Red Hill court settlements announced by the U.S.

 

A do-or-die moment for one of Hawaii’s most contested trades

Hawaiʻi island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off the Kona Coast without shrinking the region’s current numbers of prized reef fish.

 

Stop! Thief! Sharks Are Taking A Larger Bite Of Hawaiʻi Fishermen’s Catch

In recent years, local small-boat fishers who pursue prized bottomfish such as ehu, onaga and the red opakapaka that’s popular on table spreads across Hawaiʻi each New Year’s have seen a troubling spike in sharks that swoop in and tear their catch off the hook.

 

Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them?

Mac Poepoe grew up diving in the waters off Molokai to spear honu — Hawaii’s distinct species of green sea turtle — that helped feed his family.

 

Research: Introducing microorganisms to Waikiki canal may not actually be cleaning water

In the past six years, several thousand elementary school students and other volunteers have tossed over a quarter million tennis ball-sized globs of soil, molasses and rice bran into the Ala Wai Canal in a valiant effort to help clean Hawaii’s most notoriously polluted urban waterway.