NR21-03 Feb. 19, 2021 HONOLULU – A live snake was captured in a residential neighborhood in Aiea on Monday morning. The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) was contacted by a neighbor who spotted the snake on another property at about 10 a.m. Responding officers were able to cover the 3-foot-long snake with a trash can and ...
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NR21-02 Jan. 21, 2021 HONOLULU – A live skunk was captured yesterday morning at Pier 1 at Honolulu Harbor. Plant Quarantine inspectors from the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) were called by the State Department of Transportation – Harbors Division on Tuesday night and reported that a stevedore had cornered and contained a skunk under ...
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NR21-01 Jan. 13, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Market Development Branch is now accepting grant proposals under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) for fiscal year 2021. This block grant program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is administered through HDOA and aims to strengthen markets and expand economic ...
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Act 100, SLH 199 – Annual Report Act 178, SLH 2002 – Administratively Established Appropriations Report Act 73, SLH 2010 – Ag Development and Food Security Special Fund Act 236, SLH 2008 – Annual Report on the Biosecurity Program Act 233, SLH 2008 – Report on the State’s Progress Toward Meeting the Milestones and Objectives ...
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NR20-20 Dec. 15, 2020 HONOLULU – A live skunk was found and captured this morning at a maritime container yard at Pier 1 in Kahului, Maui. The skunk was spotted roaming around in the container yard early in the morning and was reported to harbor security by a biologist surveying for stranded sea bird fledglings. ...
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Dec. 28, 2021 – NR21-21 Mongoose Captured on Kaua`i Sept. 30, 2021 – NR21-20 October is Stop the Ant Month Sept. 2, 2021 – NR21-19 Rogg Appointed Administrator of Plant Industry Division July 22, 2021 – NR21-18 Live Skunk Trapped at Honolulu Harbor July 20, 2021 – NR21-17 Coffee Leaf Rust Confirmed on Kaua`i and ...
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NR20-19 Nov. 20, 2020 HONOLULU – On Nov. 17, 2020, by interim rule, the chairperson of the Hawai`i Board of Agriculture (board) designated Maui and Hawai`i Island as areas infested by coffee leaf rust (CLR), Hemileia vastatrix. This authorizes the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) to restrict the movement of coffee ...
Read More Interim Rule Restricts Movement of Coffee from Maui and Hawai`i Island
NR20-18 Nov. 18, 2020 HONOLULU – A small snake was found in a shipping container of Christmas trees that was being inspected at the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) in Honolulu on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The shipment was being held for secondary inspection due to a slug interception when workers ...
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Update: More information has been received from USDA regarding this grant which requires additional time to establish the program. Expected opening date for the Request for Proposals is now January 2021. News Release from the Office of Governor David Y. Ige October 21, 2020 HONOLULU – The State of Hawai`i has been awarded $1.9 million ...
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NR20-17 Nov. 10, 2020 HONOLULU – Coffee leaf rust (CLR) has been confirmed on coffee plants on Hawai`i Island by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Identification Services. The samples were collected by a grower on a farm in the Holualoa area, south of Kailua-Kona, on Hawai`i Island on October 31, 2020. Samples from Hilo, ...
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