A new program in Hawai‘i, known as Ākoʻakoʻa, will focus on restoring 193 kilometers (120 miles) of coral reefs off the west of the Big Island, which have been in decline for the past 50 years.
Today, NOAA announced it is starting the process to potentially designate a new national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands area, as directed by President Biden and affirmed by the Department of Commerce on March 24, 2023. The proposed area in
A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans ev
A huge marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean has led to the recovery of tuna and other migratory fish around its borders, according to a study. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii is almost four times the size of California.
An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, has revealed an ancient dried-out lake bed paved with what looks like a yellow brick road.
In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets. From kelp farms in Alaska to seaweed-focused community education in Hawai‘i, the projects take many forms.
As of Jan. 1, it is no longer legal to fish for sharks in Hawaiian waters.
Names are essential. Hawaiian olelo ensures that traditional knowledge and values are recognized and perpetuated. Each name is an ode to generational stories, language, history, archeology, song and dance.
The ocean surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands—already protected by the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument—would find even greater safeguards under a proposal unveiled Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Establishing a “visitor green fee” to protect our environment is one way the Hawaiʻi government could help care for the islands’ precious resources, according to a new blog by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO)...Fourteen destinations wo
