Following a severe weather event in Hawai‘i, the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) has been actively cleaning up debris and rubbish across the state. The Ala Wai Canal and Small Boat Harbor were among the areas heavily affected, where a temporary trash boom and a permanent trap were instrumental in preventing the majority of waste from reaching the harbor and ocean. According to a report published on January 31st, 2025, by the Governor of Hawaii’s official newsroom, a variety of objects, inclusive of a dead puffer fish and a mattress, were collected from the traps…