January 7, 2025 NR25-01 HONOLULU – An opossum was caught at a big-box store in Kona over the weekend. The store contacted the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) at about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, and reported that they had trapped an opossum in an animal trap. An agriculture inspector from the Plant Quarantine ...
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June 24, 2026 – NR26-13 Expansion of Coffee Berry Borer Infested Area to Include the Islands of Lānaʻi, and Kaua’i June 15, 2026 – NR26-12 Another CRB Detection on Maui May 21, 2026 – NR26-11 Opossum Caught at Freight Forwarding Warehouse in Honolulu May 21, 2026 – NR26-10 HDAB and University of Hawai’i Secure More ...
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Dec. 18, 2024 NR24-39 HONOLULU – A third opossum has been captured in Honolulu this year. Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) plant quarantine inspectors trapped the opossum overnight at a big-box store in Iwilei. The Plant Quarantine Branch received a report of an opossum on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, from a passerby who saw an ...
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Dec. 13, 2024 NR24-38 HONOLULU – In response to the detection of the avian flu virus in Hawai‘i’s wastewater and wild birds, state agencies are urging the public to voluntarily pause the interisland movement of poultry and other bird species for 90 days, effective immediately. This recommendation follows the suggestion of Moloka‘i State Senator and ...
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Dec. 4, 2024 NR24-37 HONOLULU – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced awards for 17 Hawai‘i projects totaling $2.6 million under the Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) program. The RFSI program is aimed at strengthening middle-of-the-supply chain operations and local food systems by supporting processing, manufacturing, storing, transportation, wholesaling and distribution of agricultural ...
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Nov. 25, 2024 NR24-36 HONOLULU – The National Veterinary Services Laboratories today confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild duck on O‘ahu’s North Shore. USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (USDA-APHIS-WS) reports that the bird, a hybrid duck (part mallard), was among 10 wild bird samples collected from the North Shore. ...
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Dec. 11, 2025 – Joint News Release from DLNR, DAB and DOH State Agencies Respond to Third Possible Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Hawaiʻi Dec. 1, 2025 – NR25-35 Biosecurity Website Established Nov. 28, 2025 – NR25-34 Another Skunk Captured Near Hilo Harbor Nov. 25 2025 – NR25-33 Opossum Found at Maui Car ...
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Nov. 21, 2024 The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) is investigating human contacts to the flock infected with H5N1. No humans in Hawaiʻi have tested positive for avian influenza at this time. To date, 54 individuals have been investigated for potential exposure. Of those, 34 were offered testing because of unprotected exposure (meaning without ...
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Nov. 20, 2024 NR24-35 HONOLULU – A live snake was found in a container of Christmas trees as it was being unloaded at a store in Hilo on Saturday morning, Nov. 16. Store staff unloaded about half the container before they spotted the snake, then closed the container and called the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture ...
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The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has launched a newsletter, Hawai‘i Ag Buzz. Here is a link to the inaugural publication: https://mailchi.mp/d01431a1916f/hawaii-dept-of-ag-news-nov-2024?e=94e7a50594 To subscribe, click here: https://mailchi.mp/4ef1a3824343/go-big-for-agriculture Or use this QR code:
