Starting Monday, bottomfishing in state waters of the main Hawaiian Islands will be temporarily closed, announced the Department of Land and Natural Resources, this week.
Bottomfishing for the snapper and grouper species, known as the “Deep 7,” which include ehu, gindai, kalekale, lehi, onaga, opakapaka and hapu‘upu‘u, will be forbidden during the closed season.
The state closure [...]

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Hoping to end any anxiety about the summer launch of the interisland Hawai’i Superferry, lawmakers killed a bill that would have forced the state to perform an environmental review of the ferry service’s impact on harbors.
“It is not fair to single out the Hawai’i Superferry and require them” to do an environmental impact statement, said [...]

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But with premium fish in short supply, early shopping is advised
An ample supply of tuna means a wider range of quality and prices for revelers looking forward to the traditional sashimi at New Year’s.
But for those with more discriminating tastes, the higher-grade abura or toro ahi is in short supply.
That’s why fish merchants advise consumers [...]

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A Kauai company is importing the limpets from Ireland
oelani Josselin said she was with surfer friend Patrick Murphy in Ireland when they noticed a seabed of what looked like opihi as the sea receded at low tide.
They turned out to be a relative called limpets.
An old Irishman told them that residents no longer gathered and [...]

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The Coast Guard airlifted an injured crewmember from the deck of a 95-foot fishing vessel 75 miles north of Kauai early yesterday.
The captain of the “Sea Falcon” reported to the Coast Guard at 5 p.m. Thursday that a 56-year-old male crewmember aboard his vessel was complaining of chest pain.
The Sea Falcon at the time was [...]

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