[§188F-4] West Hawaii regional fishery management area plan.
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[§188F-4] West Hawaii regional fishery management area plan. The department shall develop a West Hawaii regional fishery management area plan that identifies and designates appropriate areas of the management area as follows:
(1)Designates a minimum of thirty per cent of coastal waters in the West Hawaii regional fishery management area as fish replenishment areas in which aquarium fish collection is prohibited;
(2)Establishes a day-use mooring buoy system along the coastline of the West Hawaii regional fishery management area and designates some high-use areas where no anchoring is allowed;
(3)Establishes a portion of the fish replenishment areas as fish reserves where no fishing of reef-dwelling fish is allowed; and
(4)Designates areas where the use of gill nets as set nets shall be prohibited. [L 1998, c 306, pt of §2]
Law Journals and Reviews
Mai Kēia Manawa ā Mau Loa Aku: Kānaka Maoli Governance Through Nearshore Fisheries Management in Mo`omomi. 45 UH L. Rev. 185 (2022).