tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post4345777212425559129..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Niihau No-Fishing Zone Meets ResistanceJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-22431149196473312602017-03-13T02:06:54.195-10:002017-03-13T02:06:54.195-10:00So what would keep me from taking a small boat to ...So what would keep me from taking a small boat to the island and walking around it below the high water line? Are the residents going to actually murder me? What if I did this with a video camera and Sat phone?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409056885530776217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-87851685336980121692014-03-09T22:36:28.432-10:002014-03-09T22:36:28.432-10:00To Anonymous December 20, 2013 at 12:59 PM
If yo...To Anonymous December 20, 2013 at 12:59 PM <br /><br />If you knew what your were talking about then you'd know that Bruce Robinson is a direct lineal descendent of Eliza Sinclair, his great great grandmother. Maybe you forgot that she only had daughters who settled with her on Ni' ihau and Kaua'i. One of the daughters married a Robinson and as custom dictated took her husband's surname. You can even look it up on Wikipedia and common knowledge to those who are obviously more informed than you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-60716016405492214252014-02-13T13:11:59.691-10:002014-02-13T13:11:59.691-10:00Bottom line, Robinson's are setting the bomb f...Bottom line, Robinson's are setting the bomb for their own empire downfall...<br /><br />They don't have title "OWNERSHIP OF NIIHAU" or any Lands here in Ko Hawaii Pae Aina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-1132508849136996072013-12-20T12:59:25.105-10:002013-12-20T12:59:25.105-10:00Anonymous said, The Robinson's deed from Kameh...Anonymous said, The Robinson's deed from Kamehameha V show that they own the island to the outer edges of the reef.<br /><br />The Robinson's never bought Niihau from Kamehameha V. The island was bought by the Sinclair family. Robinson married into the Sinclair family.<br /><br />And I have bought opihi from Niihau since the 70's when it was $85 a gallon. Now it's double that. <br /><br />Most of the Niihauans now live on Kauai, There may be about 30 or so Kanaka that live there now. <br /><br />Robinson on the last introduction invited over a hundred monk seals to Niihau of which each one will eat on the average, about 20 pounds of fish in a day.<br /><br />2000 pounds a day or 30 tons a month. <br /><br />Yep blame the fishermen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-60839228834459502752013-12-17T14:30:58.728-10:002013-12-17T14:30:58.728-10:00"Some fishermen contend Bruce Robinson is see..."Some fishermen contend Bruce Robinson is seeking the ban in part to protect the resources for his own gain, because he reportedly has been selling opihi from the island for decades. Others claim that Sen. Hee and his friends were given 'free reign' to hunt and fish on Niihau in exchange for supporting a no-fishing law."<br /><br />These are lies made up to try and undermine the well-meaning attempt of Bruce Robinson to preserve the Niihau habitat for the Hawaiians who live there. Shameful lies.<br /><br />On another note: The Robinsons dispute the State's ownership of the beach up to the high wash of the waves. The Robinson's deed from Kamehameha V show that they own the island to the outer edges of the reef. When the State made their beach ownership declaration in the 1960s they did not compensate the Robinsons for this taking and it is therefore an illegal taking and unperfected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-19908009514885598552013-12-12T20:10:42.769-10:002013-12-12T20:10:42.769-10:00Well you can kiss it all off once that phony Omidy...Well you can kiss it all off once that phony Omidyar gets going. It will be history and so will the remaining fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-1641643325614276482013-12-11T07:37:28.610-10:002013-12-11T07:37:28.610-10:00Yeah let's blame the degradation of Haena on o...Yeah let's blame the degradation of Haena on overfishing, not the globs of tourists who are covered in deet and sunblock and then go walk on the reef. People chase fish away, when more than 1 million tourists are swimming in the fishery, how does that work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-58185220616810209152013-12-11T06:56:24.293-10:002013-12-11T06:56:24.293-10:00Resource management is resource management. It rea...Resource management is resource management. It really shouldn't matter where you live. If over fishing is happening then everyone should cool your jets. Ha'ena is working on a community based subsistence fishing area. Its not about weather you live in Niihau or Kauai, its about if you live in the ocean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76002273315182990302013-12-10T22:05:11.991-10:002013-12-10T22:05:11.991-10:00“There needs to be a fact-finding study to see if ...“There needs to be a fact-finding study to see if the ... complaints are warranted.”<br /><br />Wow. That's novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-61749134229396446572013-12-10T16:52:32.518-10:002013-12-10T16:52:32.518-10:00My only question would be. How can the Robinson...My only question would be. How can the Robinson's sign a MOU with the State for an Ocean that they don't own?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-89852982813816835932013-12-10T16:42:18.981-10:002013-12-10T16:42:18.981-10:00Dee Morikawa is worthless. She couldn't organi...Dee Morikawa is worthless. She couldn't organize a prayer meeting in the Vatican, let alone negotiate the labyrinth of DOCARE/DLNR.<br />Just post warnings at all harbors, "ATTENTION. If you go to Niihau the Niihau people will enforce their rights in the old way. Do not call for help, you are on your own, just you and the Niihauans"<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-7186044040956302952013-12-10T14:46:00.279-10:002013-12-10T14:46:00.279-10:00Whtever they do, I hope they consult with cultural...Whtever they do, I hope they consult with cultural practitioners and carve out exceptions for the exercise of Native Hawaiian gathering rights and the rights of indigenous people under the UN treaty that Obama (and the rest of the world) signed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com