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Holy Mackerel, With No Tourists In Sight The Fish Are Returning To Kauai’s North Shore Larry Loos/Flickr

Holy Mackerel, With No Tourists In Sight The Fish Are Returning To Kauai’s North Shore

Local fishermen say the impact of the April storm on tourism has been a boon to the fish population.

Dolphin-Whale Hybrid Spotted Off Coast Of Kauai AP

Dolphin-Whale Hybrid Spotted Off Coast Of Kauai

It’s Hawaii’s first confirmed cross between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin.

Hawaii Governor Starts The Clock On Sunscreen Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Governor Starts The Clock On Sunscreen Ban

David Ige signs a bill that prohibits the sale of sunscreen containing oxybenzone and octinoxate in the islands, beginning in 2021.

3 More Monk Seals Die From Disease Linked To Feral Cats Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

3 More Monk Seals Die From Disease Linked To Feral Cats

Scientists urge the public to stop feeding free-roaming cats, which are the only animals that can transmit the parasitic disease.

Hawaii Swordfish Industry Shut Down To Protect Endangered Turtles Courtesy: NOAA

Hawaii Swordfish Industry Shut Down To Protect Endangered Turtles

Updated. Environmental groups have been trying to restrict the taking of turtles by longliners for the past six years.

Hawaii Seems Poised To Ban Coral-Damaging Sunscreen Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Seems Poised To Ban Coral-Damaging Sunscreen

Updated: It would be the first state to prohibit the use of sunscreen containing ingredients that scientists say harm sea life.

The Urgency Of Curbing Pollution From Ships Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

The Urgency Of Curbing Pollution From Ships

Oceangoing vessels contribute 2 to 3 percent of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, studies show.

Vietnamese Worker Saved 7 Lives When Hawaii Fishing Boat Sank AP

Vietnamese Worker Saved 7 Lives When Hawaii Fishing Boat Sank

Khanh Huynh was serving as the vessel’s de facto captain, even though he endured the same conditions as other foreign crew members.

Chad Blair: A Legislator Who Likes To ‘Drink Beer In The Ocean’ Facebook

Chad Blair: A Legislator Who Likes To ‘Drink Beer In The Ocean’

So does our columnist, who takes a deep dive on a bill calling for the banning of alcohol consumption in nearshore waters.