Fishing

Kitty Simonds of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council presents the viewpoint of the longline fishers who will be allowed to resume commercial fishing in waters at least 50 miles offshore of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

News that President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing commercial fishing within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument sent environmental advocates into a tailspin. The Conversation spoke with Maxx Phillips, the Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands director and staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Environmental groups are planning to sue President Trump over his plans to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, formerly known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, to commercial fishing. Meanwhile, fishing advocates have argued that current protections haven’t led to meaningful environmental benefits.

Reservations start on April 23 for the popular family fishing program at Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāneʻohe on Oʻahu.

Hawaiʻi's longline fishers are facing record lows in profits, according to a recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.

How could President Donald Trump’s second term affect fishing and ocean conservation in the Pacific Ocean? HPR's Mark Ladao spoke with local leaders about the potential changes under the new administration.

The poke you buy at the supermarket could soon be getting a country of origin label. That’s if the state Legislature passes a measure that would require retailers selling raw ahi to disclose the nationality of the fishing fleet.

Local fishers have been bringing in around 100,000 pounds of fish daily over the last week or two to meet the increased local demand for fish that comes at the end of every year.

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has extended a temporary fishing ban for the pākuʻikuʻi, also known as the Achilles tang, until the end of 2026.

Shaun Moss, the executive director of Hawaiʻi Pacific University’s Oceanic Institute, shared the latest on an upcoming release of several hundred juvenile yellow tang in the waters off Windward Oʻahu.