Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, and Kūpa‘a Kuilima complain of Defendants City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting and Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.
Dru Hara, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “These are the folks who are the stakeholders that are most immediately affected by these violations. And I think if we’re gonna come up with any meaningful solutions of water in West Maui, the community needs to be consulted in a meaningful way.”
Request to rescind and correct Chair Chang’s correspondence allowing the use of groundwater for irrigation on the Kapalua Bay and Plantation Golf Courses.
Rulemaking decision follows the agency’s prior vote to ban reef fish collection and intense public opposition to the capture and sale of native reef wildlife
Appeal of September 26, 2025 State of Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources’ Order Denying Petition For Declaratory Ruling. Appellants take issue with and specifically appeal the Board’s conclusions that it lacks authority to prohibit commercial aquarium collection under HRS §§ 190-3 and 188-31.
We sued the Trump administration for trying to illegally open one of the world’s most pristine tropical marine environments to commercial fishing — and we won.
Court ruling that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIHMNM). Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on its fifth and sixth claims for relief, ECF No. 13, is granted, and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) April 25, 2025, letter is hereby vacated.
As the climate crisis threatens their land, food, and traditions, 14 youth advocates took the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation to court to spur climate action.
Commercial fishing within national monument boundaries threatens protected marine habitats, endangered species, and the long-term health of our world’s oceans
This case challenges President Donald J. Trump’s unlawful Proclamation 10918 of April 17, 2025, which purports to strip core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and to open the Monument to commercial fishing.
