DAR has produced a new 16-page brochure highlighting some of the important projects the Division is conducting to fulfill its mission of working “with the people of Hawai‘i to manage, ...
Read More “Mauka to Makai” brochure highlights DAR projects
In an effort to facilitate compliance with the rules regulating the take, possession, and sale of lobsters, Kona crabs, and Samoan crabs in State waters, the Division of Aquatic Resources ...
Read More Statewide hearings scheduled for proposed updates to rules pertaining to lobster, Kona crabs, and Samoan crabs
Hawaiian waters are experiencing their third widespread coral bleaching event since 2014, and the Division of Aquatic Resources is asking ocean users to take specific steps to help reduce its ...
Read More Warming ocean brings coral bleaching back to Hawaiian waters
Four of the 12 Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas (BRFAs) around the state are scheduled to re-open to Deep-7 bottomfish fishing on July 1, 2019. They include BRFA C (Makahū‘ena, Kaua‘i), ...
Read More Four Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas will re-open July 1
Open season for rainbow trout will begin June 15, 2019 in the Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area (PFA) on Kaua‘i. Anglers may fish daily from June 15 to September 30, from ...
Read More Annual rainbow trout season at Kōkeʻe, Kauaʻi opens June 15
An information and scoping meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2019, at which staff from the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) will present details of recent scientific studies and ...
Read More Molokini scoping meeting to be held Thursday, March 21
The Division of Aquatic Resources will submit the following agenda item at the January 11, 2019 meeting of the Board of Land and Natural Resources: “Request to open the following ...
Read More DAR proposes opening four bottomfish restricted fishing areas
The Division of Aquatic Resources has received the Final Report from the Study Group for the Feasibility of a Non-Commercial Marine Fishing Registry, Permit, or License System for Hawai‘i. The ...
Read More Feasibility of a non-commercial marine fishing registry, permit, or license system in Hawai‘i
The annual fishing season for rainbow trout in the Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area on Kaua‘i will open on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Anglers may fish daily from June 16 through Sept. ...
Read More Annual rainbow trout season at Kōke‘e, Kaua‘i opens June 16
A compound commonly found in sunscreens has been shown to cause serious harm to corals, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is asking people who enter the ...
Read More DLNR asks ocean users to avoid sunscreens with oxybenzone