This father-and-son duo are pushing for more culturally sensitive methods for academic shark research. Will the University of Hawaii listen?

Hawaii County officials want the Army Corps of Engineers to do a new study that could pave the way for improved water quality.

Crowded beaches on the holiday weekend could pose risks to a young monk seal spotted along the Kaiwi shoreline.

The longline fleet relies on U.S. Pacific Island territories to go beyond its base catch limit for bigeye. Now one of the three territories won’t sign the deal.

Congressional leaders are considering ways to make the nation’s primary fisheries management law more effective as the planet warms.

The tuna longliners in Hawaii who previously fished near Papahanaumokuakea had to find new fishing grounds after it was expanded.

The commercial longline industry made more money after the feds expanded the protected areas around Papahanaumokuakea and the Pacific Remote Islands.

Environmental groups say the EPA should have declared the state’s coastal waters as “impaired” due to significant plastic waste.

Nonprofits have banded together to explore a new way of removing abandoned fishing gear before it damages reefs or ensnares whales, dolphins, seals and turtles.

The amount of microplastics washing up on Hawaiian beaches is expected to double by 2030.