News & Announcements

By Adam Ayers

Over two days, fishermen with the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group interviewed 14 bottomfishers from Hilo and the Kona coast. With 20-60 of years spent fishing for Hawai‘i’s prized Deep 7 bottomfish, these men had good stories to tell.

By Adel Heenan

Fisheries research diver Andrew Gray assesses bumphead parrotfish at Wake Atoll.

On Monday, our team joined Mike Buck in the studio to talk story about the Bottomfish Heritage Project. For the project, we’ve in turn been talking story with fishermen using a research method called “oral histories” to document their knowledge and

Bottomfishing has a unique tradition in Hawai‘i that dates back to ancient times. Ancient Hawaiians targeted bottomfish such as ‘ōpakapaka (Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus) using fishing canoes launched from shore. They locate

A scientific paper was recently published in NOAA’s Fishery Bulletin that provides abundance estimates of whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters using data from a ship-based survey that took place in 2010.

Visit the story map to check out the photos from our 2016 Marine Debris cruise!

Written by Ben Richards and Amanda Dillon.

By Dr. Allen H. Andrews