New sea cucumber rule goes into effect January 10, 2016
Following an emergency measure that temporarily banned harvest of all sea cucumbers in Hawaiian waters, a new permanent rule goes into effect January 10, 2016. Under the new rule:
- Commercial consumptive take and sale is prohibited.
- Personal use is limited to 10 per person per day.
- Tiger tail (Holothuria hilla) and hot dog (H. edulis) sea cucumbers may be taken (from O‘ahu waters only), possessed, or sold for aquarium purposes. Bag limit is 20 per person per day, until a catch limit of 3,600 animals per year is reached.