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) ...
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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold public hearings on the proposed adoption of a new chapter under the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) relating to the harvest of sea cucumbers from state waters. The proposed new rules would prohibit the harvest of sea cucumbers for commercial consumption purposes, but allow limited take ...
Read More Public hearings scheduled on proposed rule to regulate sea cucumber harvest
The Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to hold public hearings to adopt a new chapter under the Hawai‘i Administrative Rules (HAR) to regulate the harvest of sea cucumbers from state waters. Currently, all take and possession of sea cucumbers from state waters is temporarily prohibited pursuant to HAR §13-86, which was adopted through emergency ...
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Governor Ige has signed into law the first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) in the state, in the waters off Hā‘ena, Kaua‘i. The rule was filed August 4, and goes into effect ten days later on August 14. The rules for the Hā‘ena CBSFA were approved by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) in ...
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The Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approved a rule June 26 to make it illegal to take any species of sea cucumber from state waters for the next 120 days. Link to news release. View rule.
New rules for aquarium fish collecting are now in effect for waters within three nautical miles of the O‘ahu shoreline. The rules include new limits on nets used to collect marine life, daily commercial bag limits, commercial size limits, and a prohibition on the take of certain fish species. They were approved by the Board ...
Read More New O‘ahu aquarium fishing rules now in effect
The open fishing season for rainbow trout in the Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area on Kaua‘i will begin Saturday, June 20, 2015. Anglers may fish daily from Saturday, June 20, to Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Fishing hours will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The daily bag limit for this year will be 12 rainbow trout per licensed angler. ...
Read More Annual rainbow trout season at Kōke‘e, Kaua‘i opens June 20
HONOLULU — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announces the closing of the Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area, O‘ahu, to fishing for one year beginning Jan. 1, 2015, and ending Dec. 31, 2015. The Fisheries Management Area encompasses the nearshore waters between the ‘Ewa wall of the Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium and ...
Read More Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area will close to fishing for year starting Jan. 1, 2015
New rules regulating the take and possession of uhu (parrotfish) and goatfish on Maui took effect on November 1, 2014. View rule (PDF). View rule with pictures (PDF). News Release