1/23/2024 0 Comments Awa fish season![]() It’s pretty abundant: veke, oio, papio, awa awa. ![]() Because public access is restricted around the base, those waters could act as a refuge for fish and marine life, which then feeds the surrounding area along the bay and the coastline. “There needs to be a full disclosure of any hazardous materials and impacts on the ocean bottom and reef. “We’ve had all kinds of transparency issues with the Navy’s response to Red Hill and other places across the islands and across the Pacific,” Tanaka said. Wayne Tanaka, executive director of the Sierra Club, grew up fishing in waters on and around Kaneohe Bay and expects the Marines and Navy to fully disclose any environmental damage and announce plans and timetables to address any impacts. It said, “Primary and secondary containment booms have been deployed,” “Hydrophobic absorbent material” was in place to help absorb potential pollutants and that “specially trained base personnel continue to observe and monitor the area” around the clock looking for pollutants and monitoring impacts on wildlife. Previously, in a statement Wednesday, the Third Fleet said, “Preliminary assessments indicate the aircraft to be structurally intact, and there have been no signs of fuel leaking.” But the Navy did not disclose what the divers found. The divers also surveyed the plane to evaluate its structural integrity, along with the coral reef and the bay’s ecosystem. The Navy’s Third Fleet, based out of San Diego, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in an email Friday that sailors from the Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 spent Thanksgiving in and around the P-8A helping “to assess, investigate, and plan the safe, expeditious and environmentally protective recovery of the aircraft” and recovered the plane’s flight data recorder. “But we need to make sure we do not do further harm in trying to remove the vessel.” “That is what the public expects and what the public demands,” she said. The next phases will need to ensure that no further damage to the environment occurs, but “the public will expect some kind of statement,” Tokuda said. Tokuda hopes that on Monday - one week after the failed landing - either the Marines or Navy announces a timeline to remove the plane and plans to address any environmental concerns. Beaven expressed that ‘this is our community, too.’ I just really appreciate that.” Beaven then invited Tokuda to tour the landing site today before she flies back to Washington, D.C., on Monday.Īlthough the Marines are attached to the Navy, Tokuda said Beaven expressed “a real feeling of personal responsibility. Jeremy Beaven - commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Hawaii - texted her after the failed landing Monday to set up a phone call with her that evening. Jill Tokuda, who lives in Kaneohe and represents rural Oahu, said Col. ![]() The plane - based out of Whidbey Island in Washington - remained surrounded Friday by “containment booms” designed to prevent hazardous materials leeching from the plane and into the bay and ocean.Įnvironmentalists and elected officials expressed frustration that the Navy’s latest comments on Monday’s mishap came out of San Diego and not directly from Kaneohe-based Marines - especially following criticisms that the Navy for years covered up fuel leaks at its Red Hill storage facility that contaminated Oahu’s drinking water.īut U.S. Concerns are growing over military transparency and potential environmental damage to Kaneohe Bay’s coral reefs and marine life after a Navy P-8A aircraft ended up in shallow water while trying to land at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
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