JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON DEATH OF MONK SEAL UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE FISHING PRACTICES HONOLULU – The recent death of RS34, a two-year-old female Hawaiian monk seal ...
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JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON GROUNDED VESSEL REMOVED FROM KEWALO BASIN HONOLULU – The Discovery, a 75-foot passenger vessel that ran aground on August 9, has been removed ...
Read More 8/19/25 – GROUNDED VESSEL REMOVED FROM KEWALO BASIN
HONOLULU - The DLNR Division of Conservation Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) is mobilizing statewide to assist tsunami evacuation efforts. All state parks with a beach component are closed.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON ENFORCEMENT MEASURES INCREASING AS SACRED FALLS REMAINS CLOSED HONOLULU –Despite clearly posted park closure and hazardous conditions signs, people are continuing to ...
Read More 7/22/25 – ENFORCEMENT MEASURES INCREASING AS SACRED FALLS REMAINS CLOSED
HONOLULU – Marine patrol units of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) are now active on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, Maui and Kaua‘i.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON BEACH LEASH LAWS ARE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONK SEAL PUPS HONOLULU – A 43-year-old woman was issued a civil resource violation for ...
Read More 6/18/25 – BEACH LEASH LAWS ARE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONK SEAL PUPS
HONOLULU – Environmental Court Judge in Wahiawā yesterday barred 55-year-old Armando Posadas of ʻEwa Beach from entering the Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD) on Oʻahu’s North Shore for six months. It may be the first time a violator had a “geographic restriction” added to a sentence.
HONOLULU – As the summer fun season heats up, a lot of young people and visitors will head toward the rocky shorelines and cliffs on the east side of Maunalua Bay for ocean play. So will first responders, to rescue them.
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai‘i Island – Officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) Hawai‘i Branch Marine Unit have seized a fishing vessel after receiving multiple complaints about longline fishing occurring in the Hawai‘i State Territorial Sea, comprising 3,069 square miles of water, that extends 12 nautical miles around the state.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON DOZENS OF CAMPS CLEARED FROM DIAMOND HEAD STATE PARK HONOLULU – This week, a state contractor and officers from the DLNR Division of ...
Read More 4/25/25 – DOZENS OF CAMPS CLEARED FROM DIAMOND HEAD STATE PARK