Draft Rules and Public Notices
Amendment to Chapter 13-60. The Department proposes to amend Hawaii Administrative Rule Chapter 13-60 by adding a section to designate a Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area, Maui. The purpose of this proposed rule is to control the overabundance of marine algae on and about coral reefs within this area by increasing the local abundance of certain herbivorous fishes and sea urchins. Natural controls of marine algae are intended to help the marine ecosystem in the area return to a healthy balance. A public hearing will be held at the Lahaina Civic Center, 1840 Honoapiilani Highway, Lahaina, Maui on February 4, 2009. DLNR will also hold a public informational meeting immediately before the hearing to present and hold a discussion on the proposed rule. The informational meeting will begin at 5:30 P.M.; the hearing will follow at 6:00 P.M., or shortly thereafter.
Amendments to Chapters 13-74 and 13-94. The Department proposes to amend Hawaii Administrative Rule Chapter 13-74,
License and Permit Provisions and Fees for Fishing, Fish and Fish
Products, to require fishing reports by trip, to require non-commercial
bottomfish registration, reporting and compliance, and to require
commercial bottomfish licensees to report by trip, and to amend HAR
chapter 13-94 to authorize fishing season closures for bottomfish, to
require non-commercial bottomfish registration, reporting and
compliance, to exempt the possession and sale of bottomfish during
closed season for fish from federal waters of the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands, or from waters under federal jurisdiction, or for bottomfish
that are imported into the State, to amend the bag limit for
non-commercial take of bottomfish, to add definitions; to allow the
possession of Kona crab nets on bottomfishing vessels, and to repeal a
requirement for restricted fishing area evaluation.