Draft Rules and Public Notices

Amendment to Chapter 13-51. The Department proposes to amend Hawaii Administrative Rule Chapter 13-51 pertaining to fishing in Kahului Harbor, Maui. Proposed changes generally restrict net use, establish a daily bag limit of 50 specimens per person, prohibit snagging, limit pole fishing to two poles per person, and require persons fishing to sign in and out and fill out fishing reports when leaving.

Amendment to Chapter 13-60.4. The Department proposes to amend Hawaii Administrative Rule Chapter 13-60.4, Milolii Subsistence Fishing Area, Hawaii, to establish a community-based subsistence fishing area at Milolii on the island of Hawaii.

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.