The Department of Agriculture & Biosecurity’s (DAB) 279 employees statewide work to support, enhance, promote, and protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture and aquaculture industries. We work to create and maximize opportunities for exporting; and facilitate growth of existing and new agricultural commodities and value-added products. In addition, the department works to prevent the introduction and establishment of plants, animals and diseases that are detrimental to the state’s agriculture industry and the environment.
At DAB, we are Growing Hawai‘i’s Future!
- INTERIM RULE 26-2 RESTRICTING THE TRANSPORTATION OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE HOST MATERIALS TO THE ISLANDS OF MAUI AND LĀNAʻI
- EXPANSION OF DESIGNATED COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE-INFESTED AREA IN WEST HAWAIʻI ISLAND
- INTERIM RULE 26-1 RESTRICTING THE TRANSPORTATION OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE HOST MATERIALS IN WEST HAWAIʻI ISLAND
- AHI LABELING LAW REQUIRING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2026
- EXPANSION OF COFFEE BERRY BORER INFESTED AREA TO INCLUDE THE ISLANDS OF LĀNAʻI, AND KAUAʻI
