Every once in a while, I just browse through Google’s search engine looking for Hawaii-related items of interest. Here are a few culled from the list this morning.

“Seafood menus from Hawaii reflect long-term ocean changes,” phys.org.

Scientists analyzed hundreds of restaurant menus looking for clues about fish supplies.

The team’s analysis of 376 menus from 154 different restaurants showed that near-shore species such as reef fish, jacks and bottom fish, for example, were common on Hawaiian menus before 1940. By its statehood in 1959, they appeared collectively on less than 10 percent of menus sampled.

Restaurants began serving large pelagic species, such as tuna and swordfish. By 1970, 95 percent of the menus contained large pelagics; inshore fish had all but disappeared.

“The decline in reef fish in just a few decades was somewhat of a surprise to us. We knew at the outset the menus would have a unique historical perspective, but we did not expect the results to be so striking,” said study co-author Jack Kittinger, an early career fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Ocean Solutions.

“THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE: Inside Hawaii’s Giant Homeless Community“, Business Insider.

This is a photo essay on a homeless camp in Waianae, which is referred to as “the single largest homeless encampment in the United States.”

“Hawaii drops LaSalle for core real estate,” Pensions & Investments.

The Employees’ Retirement System consolidated its real estate investment advisors on the recommendation of another consultant. ERS is another big player that gets only sporadic news coverage.

Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System, Honolulu, terminated a core real estate portfolio managed by LaSalle Investment Management, said Vijoy Chattergy, chief investment officer.

The $12.3 billion pension plan wanted to reduce its number of core real estate managers to two from three; Mr. Chattergy said all three managers have performed well. The $120 million managed by LaSalle will be moved to the other core managers, Heitman and Invesco (IVZ). The transition should be completed by the end of September.

“Hawaii concrete manufacturer Tileco Inc. cited for safety and health violations, US Department of Labor’s OSHA proposes $50,400 in fines“. OSHA press release.

Twenty-two serious violations include failing to evaluate workplace hazards adequately; protect workers from amputation hazards associated with unguarded machinery and gears; protect workers from the unexpected startup of equipment during maintenance and setup; protect workers from confined space hazards; provide training on the use of powered industrial trucks; have in place a written respiratory program; ensure the proper fit and use of respirators; and have medical evaluations for workers using respiratory protection. There were also fall hazards associated with unprotected platforms. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

“Every worker has the right to a workplace free of hazards, and all employers have the responsibility to ensure hazards are identified and corrected,” said Galen Lemke, director of OSHA’s Honolulu Area Office. “An employer shouldn’t wait for an OSHA inspection to address workplace safety and health issues to prevent injury and illnesses.”

Click here for a list of OSHA inspections in Hawaii this year which resulted in vocations being noted.