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New turtle-safety plan would allow fishing
Hawaii's longline fishermen would be limited as to the number of turtles they could hook or entangle under a plan proposed by Pacific-area scientists meeting in Honolulu this week.Immediate at-sea reporting of interactions with turtles would be required to ensure that these limits aren't exceeded, according to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
Swordfish vessels would have 100 percent observer coverage, and tuna vessels would begin at 20 percent observer coverage.
Other features of the proposal include having an experimental swordfish fishery to test mitigation measures for loggerhead turtles. Support would be provided to protect turtle nesting sites and conduct further research to reduce turtle catches in areas of the world with high catch rates.
Under the plan, fishermen would be active in developing and testing ways to avoid accidentally catching turtles on their lines and would be compensated for fishing under the provisions of demonstration and experimental projects.
The plan is an alternative to a draft environmental impact statement released by the National Marine Fisheries Service in December. The agency had proposed to close the longline fishery between April 1 and May 31 each year and require all vessels to use a line shooter and set mainlines so the minimum depth between floats is deeper than 300 feet.
U.S. District Judge David Ezra ordered an updated impact statement by April 1 this year after two conservation groups filed suit alleging the fisheries service was not adequately protecting endangered turtles from death or injury as a byproduct of longlining.
Radical Catholicism to be explored
The radical American Catholicism of the Catholic Worker movement will be explored tomorrow in the annual Mackey Marianist Lecture series.Sandra Yocum-Mize, associate professor of theology at the University of Dayton, will present the 4 p.m. lecture at Mystical Rose Chapel on the Chaminade University campus. Her topic is "Blowing the Dynamite of the Church: The Radical Catholicism of Dorothy Day."
The lecture is free and open to the public.
It is sponsored by The Marianist Center of Hawaii and named for the first Chaminade University president, the Rev. Robert Mackey.
Looking Ahead
Some events of interest6 p.m. tomorrow, Wyland Galleries Kauai Village, 4-831 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kauai: Fund-raiser for the JASON project featuring Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic wreck, and artist Wyland.
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Bicyclist Quentin R. Bowman, 28, of Lahaina, died at the scene.
Bowman was riding the bicycle toward Kaanapali when it drifted into the oncoming lane and crashed into a pineapple truck near Launiupoko.
She was wanted on a traffic arrest warrant and for questioning in a series of thefts from vehicles in Waikiki in early January and other cases.
She was charged Thursday following the Tuesday arrest.
No one was injured, and no bullet holes were found in the car, police said. Both cars were on Wilikina Drive near Lake View Circle when the incident occurred around 11 p.m. yesterday.
The victims theorize the suspect may have been upset at seeing his girlfriend in their car earlier in the week, police said.
The fire was reported at 6:45 a.m., and firefighters fought it until 11:50 a.m. Two of the four units were destroyed. The third suffered 50 percent damage, and the fourth sustained smoke damage.
There were no injuries.
Police said youths brandishing knives, sticks and pipes confronted each other outside after a church event.
An 18-year-old man from one group took out a knife, while youths from the other group were armed with sticks and pipes, police said. The 18-year-old was struck by a stick and then threw his pocket knife at a 15-year-old boy, who was injured, but apparently not taken to a hospital. The 18-year-old was arrested.
The 37-year-old suspect, who was also found with 1 1/2 ounces of dried marijuana, remains in custody but was not immediately charged, they said.
Police, assisted by a National Guard helicopter, also seized 884 other marijuana plants in the area for a total of 1,125 plants.