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

COURTESY NOAA A close-up reveals the plastic jug tethered to a thick line. A young Hawaiian monk seal named Moana is dead after an apparent entanglement in fishing gear, according to the Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging ...