This opinion considers the effects of all in-water activities including vessel transit of materials and construction barges, instillation of steel H piles and pipe-combi-wall system, and excavation for the new engineered revetment along the western shoreline. This includes in water screening for the Military Explosives of Concern (MEC) and the effects of the proposed issuance of an IHA.
To understand the environmental factors influencing ‘ōpelu catchability, we combined fisher knowledge and fishery-dependent data to create a model of ‘ōpelu catch.