Oceans

Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules

The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.

Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff?

Cesspools in the Kohala Coast community of Puakō have been leaking into the ocean for years. So residents came up with a plan.

The Oceans Just Hit An Ominous Milestone Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

The Oceans Just Hit An Ominous Milestone

Acidification of the seas has crossed into dangerous territory, threatening all manner of marine life. 

Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm

Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm

Ag tech company Symbrosia is scaling up production of its feed supplements for more environmentally friendly livestock production.

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025)

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.

Civil Beat Series On Threats To Northwest Hawaiian Islands Wins National Award Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Civil Beat Series On Threats To Northwest Hawaiian Islands Wins National Award

‘Guardians Of The Deep’ took readers to the farthest tip of the Hawaiian archipelago.

Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils

Electric hydrofoils flying above our waters are becoming more common. Many pioneers of the sport in Hawaiʻi started out surfing human-powered hydrofoils at regular surf breaks.

The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves

The first of seven turtle nests on the North Shore beach have emerged after volunteers raised alarms about disturbance from beachgoers and houses nearby.

Quiet Beaches, Traffic, Canceled Flights: How Hawaiʻi Prepared For Tsunami David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Quiet Beaches, Traffic, Canceled Flights: How Hawaiʻi Prepared For Tsunami

Traffic was gridlocked and sirens blared every hour after a tsunami was generated by a massive earthquake off Russia.

Protecting Coral Habitat May Prove Vital As Ocean Becomes More Acidic Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Protecting Coral Habitat May Prove Vital As Ocean Becomes More Acidic

Protections for critical coral habitat could bolster climate resilience for Hawaiʻi’s reefs.