#maui sharks

US Senate Approves Ban on Sale of Shark Fins as Hawaiʻi Enacts Shark Protection Act

The US Senate passed major bipartisan legislation today that included a provision co-sponsored by US Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawai‘i, which would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States and protect sharks from finning.

‘Ahihi-Kina‘u Remains Closed Due to Continued Presence of Sharks

The area has been closed for two weeks, after numerous tiger sharks were spotted, apparently coming close to shore to follow pupping reef sharks.

Maui Biz Seeks Funds for Shark Deterrent Technology

The company says the ORCA emits a sound disagreeable to sharks, and that it has the widest range of any shark repellant device on the market, at 100 feet radius.