The remote Kīpahulu area on the southeast side of Maui will become the third Community-Based Subsistence Fishing (CBSFA) area in Hawai‘i, following previous designations of Hā‘ena on Kaua‘i and Miloli‘i on Hawai‘i Island.
LAS VEGAS Today, southwest area Tribes were joined by Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland in a celebratory ceremony dedicating a sacred Native American site in Nevada as a National Monument. The site, Avi Kwa Ame which translates to “Spirit Mountai.
Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano has dealt significant blow to country’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, while young corals are failing to mature in the coastal waters around the eruption site.
People can carry around the permits on their phone instead of on paper. They can also get permits by email or at the Fish and Game offices in Dillingham
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If you have a P.O. box in Unalaska or Dutch Harbor, it s likely you ve received a bright orange postcard in the past few days. That card is a notification for an upcoming subsistence harvest survey through the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The survey is part of a larger project, according to Jackie Keating, a researcher with ADF&G s subsistence division. And the goal of that project is to document local knowledge and concerns about subsistence harvesting. The data collected from the research gives us a better idea of whether folks are able to meet their subsistence needs or if resource abundance has changed, Keating said. Because people on the ground obviously know these resources really well and know what has changed over time.