In recent years, local small-boat fishers who pursue prized bottomfish such as ehu, onaga and the red opakapaka that’s popular on table spreads across Hawaiʻi each New Year’s have seen a troubling spike in sharks that swoop in and tear their catch off the hook. “They’re basically losing money because they can’t bring in the fish,” said Phil Fernandez, president of the advocacy group Hawaiʻi Fishermen’s Alliance for Conservation and Tradition. “The fish markets won’t buy a fish that has a bite