Oct. 21, 2025 NR25-27 HONOLULU — Two live opossums were captured today at two separate locations at Honolulu Harbor. Another opossum was also captured in Hilo last month. At 6:45 a.m. today, a shipping company reported seeing an opossum running round in the container yard at Pier 1 overnight. Agriculture inspectors from the Hawai‘i Department ...
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Oct. 17, 2025 NR25-26 HONOLULU — The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) is continuing its second annual statewide Pesticide Disposal Program (PDP) on Hawai‘i Island. Under the program, farms and other commercial users of pesticides may safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. The PDP is only for ...
Read More 2025 Statewide Pesticide Disposal Program for Commercial Businesses on Hawai‘i Island
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Oct. 15, 2025 NR25-25 HONOLULU – The presumptive case of avian influenza in a duck earlier this week on O‘ahu prompts a reminder from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) Animal Industry Division (AID) urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from avian influenza, ...
Read More Increased Biosecurity Urged to Protect Birds from Avian Influenza
Joint New Release from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Department of Land and Natural Resources Oct. 14, 2025 HONOLULU – Three state agencies are on alert after laboratory testing identified a presumptive case of avian influenza on Friday in an ailing duck that was found earlier in ...
Read More DOH, DAB, DLNR Investigate Possible Avian Flu Case in Waterfowl
West Hawai‘i Residents Asked for Continued Vigilance Sept. 10, 2025 NR25-24 HONOLULU – Multiple state and county agencies are continuing the battle to prevent the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) from becoming established on Hawai‘i Island. On Aug. 25 to 26 and September 3 to 5, the team fumigated and hauled away 144 tons of potential ...
Read More Multi-Agency Effort Continues Against Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles at Keāhole Ag Park
Sept. 10, 2025 NR25-23 HONOLULU — The Pesticides Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) is kicking off the second annual statewide Pesticide Disposal Program (PDP) for farms and other commercial users of pesticides to safely dispose of canceled, suspended, unwanted or unlabeled pesticides. The PDP is only for commercial operations and state ...
Read More 2025 Statewide Pesticide Disposal Program for Commercial Businesses Begins
Sept. 9, 2025 NR25-22 LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – A live mongoose has been captured on Kauaʻi, where the invasive species does not have an established population. In a multiagency effort to prevent mongoose establishment, members of the Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee (KISC) captured the critter at Nāwiliwili Small Boat Harbor on Friday morning, September 5. KISC ...
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Aug. 27, 2025 NR25-21 HONOLULU – A multi-agency response to detections of coconut rhinoceros beetles (CRB) in green waste at the Keāhole Agricultural Park (KAP) on the west side of Hawai‘i Island included mass fumigation of and removal of suspected breeding sites. Agencies involved in the operation included the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture & Biosecurity ...
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Aug. 20 at the Honolulu Plant Quarantine Branch Aug. 13, 2025 NR25-20 HONOLULU – The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) is eager to hire personnel to fill a wide variety of vacancies. In a joint effort, the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) and DAB will conduct a Rapid Recruitment Job Fair: Wednesday, Aug. ...
Read More Joint Rapid Recruitment Event for Department of Agriculture & Biosecurity