Rick Gaffney

Rick Gaffney is a lifetime resident of Hawaii, an environmentalist and a fisherman.

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Big Island Facilities Need To Work Together For Hawaii’s New Normal Brian E. Powers/www.Hawaiianimages.net

Big Island Facilities Need To Work Together For Hawaii’s New Normal

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Connecting the dots in West Hawaii could lead to immense opportunities.

Using COVID-19 To Undermine Pacific Marine Monuments Is Wrong Courtesy: Lindsey Kramer/USFWS

Using COVID-19 To Undermine Pacific Marine Monuments Is Wrong

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Wespac and the Trump administration have an anti-conservation agenda against the ocean.

Civil Beat Series Was Right: Wespac Is No Friend Of The Ocean Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Civil Beat Series Was Right: Wespac Is No Friend Of The Ocean

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Fishery council members have repeatedly shown that they cannot be trusted to govern themselves.

There Are Limits To The Ocean’s Bounty Flickr: Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

There Are Limits To The Ocean’s Bounty

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Blessed to live in the most remote island chain on the planet, we also have an obligation to care for it.

Campaign Corner: Why We Need David Tarnas Back In The Legislature David Tarnas

Campaign Corner: Why We Need David Tarnas Back In The Legislature

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The state House candidate’s skills and unique expertise are vitally important.

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries UNESCO via Wikimedia Commons

Expansion Of Marine Monument Protects Key Fisheries

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By protecting key waters from over fishing, we can take tangible steps to preserve fishing in the Hawaiian Islands for generations to come.