DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: June 3, 2021 NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR (HONOLULU)
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DLNR NEWS RELEASE: NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR
Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(HONOLULU) – The State and four non-profit organizations have teamed up to create a new statewide number to report marine debris. Derelict fishing gear, like nets, is responsible for entangling marine life like turtles and humpback whales.
Kristen Kelly with the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Protected Species Program explained, “The idea is to have people call in hazardous nets immediately. We can mount a rapid response to remove these nets from our shorelines as quickly as possible and before they drift back into the open ocean.
Apr 19, 2021
Artist Jana Ireijo poses beside a vanishing mural she is painting at the Maui Ocean Center to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on local reefs. Photo courtesy of Maui Ocean Center
The Maui News
A Hawaii-born artist is painting a vanishing mural at the Maui Ocean Center in Maalaea this month in honor of Earth Day and to spread awareness of the impacts climate change has on local coral reefs.
In partnership with the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute, The Nature Conservancy commissioned Jana Ireijo to create artwork that highlights the slow decline and “perils faced by coral reefs.”