Hawaii is the most isolated population center on Earth, but we’re not entirely alone. Not when connected — by way of a new 9,000-mile submarine fiber cable system — with California, Indonesia, the Philippines and Guam. The $250 million system will begin lightning-fast streaming of web, data and voice traffic this month.

Honolulu-based Hawaiian Telcom, along with six other companies, is a co-owner and operator. It pitched in $25 million for the system needed here as an infrastructure upgrade that’s replacing aging cables. Our fledgling tech-fueled innovation sector is surely cheering the seven- member Southeast Asia-United States consortium (SEA-US).

Pacific bluefin tuna not endangered — officially

Environmentally minded sashimi and sushi lovers might be increasingly conflicted in the near future. At issue is the Pacific bluefish tuna — also known as maguro, used for sushi — which remains at historically low numbers but will not be getting population protection anytime soon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Trump administration, has decided against endangered species protection for the Pacific bluefish tuna, concluding the “overall risk of extinction is low.” The fish’s spawning stock steadily dropped from 1996 to 2010, but seems to have leveled, even though it remains near a historic low. NOAA is betting on a population rebound to avoid risk of extinction.