HONOLULU—The U.S. Coast Guard has signed a memorandum of agreement with the University of Hawaii at Mānoa as part of the Coast Guard’s Minority-Serving Institutions Partnership Program for increased student opportunities. The partnership agreement is designed to optimize outreach...

HONOLULU, Hawaii—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has hired longtime natural resource professional Ric Lopez as the new Refuge and Monuments supervisor for the Pacific Islands Refuges and Monuments Office. “Ric has a demonstrated work history of conservation and science...

HONOLULU, Hawaii—Katherine “Kasia” Mullett has been hired as the new field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office. Mullett will provide leadership in all facets of the office’s wildlife conservation responsibilities. “Working...

HONOLULU—The crews of two Coast Guard cutters, the Walnut and Joseph Gerczak, returned to Honolulu at the end of August following a successful deployment to Samoa and the U.S. territory of American Samoa, where they conducted operations to counter illegal fishing and strengthen...