When overfishing badly depleted stocks off Kauai’s northwestern shore, subsistence fishermen and their families teamed with environmental regulators to draw up new rules designating Haena as Hawaii’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area. It was a long time coming. Twenty years of research and advocacy work preceded the state’s endorsement in August 2015 of rules written … Continue reading Hawaii Spent Decades Developing Community-Managed Fishing Areas. Lawmakers May Undo That