Current through Chapter 253 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 188F-4 - West Hawaii regional fishery management area planThe 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.