The prospects of opening up Hawaii’s protected marine monument to commercial fishing has moved a step closer to reality.

President Donald Trump in April decided to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument area, and his move is being challenged in federal court in Hawaii.

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council which sets fishing policies will ask President Trump to allow commercial fishing in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the northwestern ...

In this August 2018 photo, a shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (Allen Coral Atlas, Greg Asner via AP) HONOLULU (CN) — A Hawaii judge vacated an agency letter on Friday ...

A young Hawaiian monk seal named Moana was killed by fishing gear in early September on an island on East Oahu after a jug fishing expedition. The two-year-old Hawaiian monk seal (RS34) was found dead ...

ANCHORAGE, AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — A vessel suspected of illegal driftnet fishing on the high seas was transferred to China by the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday. A Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter ...