The Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) has announced the trolling schedule for permitted vessels for the month of March, 2011.

The State land board will review a $130,000 settlement reached to resolve a dispute between Makena Boat Partners and the state. The issue stems from a citizens complaint filed in July of 2007, alleging that the company’s Kai Kanani vessel was anchored on coral in Makena Bay. An initial inspection by the state Division of [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a free diver from shores off Lanai yesterday.  52-year-old Bruno Ambay had been reported missing Monday morning by friends who had been free diving with him about four miles off Manele Bay.  Ambay was spotted swimming along a rocky shoreline area about two hours later, and was hoisted by helicopter [...]

The U.S. Navy received federal authorization this month to continue sonar training exercises in Hawaiian waters.  The Fisheries Service with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does not expect the exercises to result in serious injury or death to marine mammals, but is requiring mitigation measures to protect the whales and other marine life, and [...]

The draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the statewide large-capacity inter-island ferry is available for public review and comment starting today. The draft EIS includes an evaluation of the environmental impacts of Department of Transportation’s harbor improvements, and its secondary impacts (i.e., those of a large-capacity ferry vessel and its operations) and cumulative impacts.  It [...]