Marine Fishes and Other Vertebrates
 | ‘Ahi Minimum size 3 pounds (sale) HAR 13-95 |
 | Āholehole Minimum size 5 inches HAR 13-95 |
 | ‘Ama‘ama (striped mullet) Closed season December - March Minimum size 11 inches (see measurement guide) HAR 13-95, HRS 188-44 |
 | Awa Minimum size 9 inches (spearing and sale) HAR 13-95 |
 | Moi Closed season June - August Minimum size 11 inches Bag limit 15 HAR 13-95 |
 | ‘Ō‘io Minimum size 14 inches HAR 13-95 |
 | Uhu (statewide, except Maui) Minimum size 12 inches HAR 13-95 Uhu (Maui rules) Minimum size 10 inches for all species except uhu ‘ele‘ele, uliuli, ‘ahu‘ula, and palukaluka (see below) Bag limit 2 (total all species) HAR 13-95.1 How to identify Maui's regulated uhu species (pdf) |
 | Uhu ‘ele‘ele (Maui rules) Taking prohibited HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Uhu uliuli (Maui rules) Taking prohibited HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Uhu ‘ahu‘ula (Maui rules) Minimum size 14 inches Bag limit 2 (total all species) HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Uhu palukaluka (Maui rules) Minimum size 14 inches Bag limit 2 (total all species) HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Ulua and pāpio Minimum size 10 inches Minimum size 16 inches for sale Bag limit 20 (total all species, non-commercial only) HAR 13-95 |
 | Kūmū Minimum size 10 inches (statewide except Maui) HAR 13-95 Minimum size 12 inches (Maui rules) Bag limit 1 (Maui rules) HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Moano Minimum size 7 inches (statewide except Maui) HAR 13-95 Minimum size 8 inches (Maui rules) HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Moano kea (Maui rules) Minimum size 12 inches Bag limit 2 HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Munu (Maui rules) Minimum size 8 inches Bag limit 2 HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Weke and ‘oama (statewide except Maui) Minimum size 7 inches (sale) Bag limit 50 ‘oama (‘oama are weke under 7 inches) HAR 13-95 Weke ‘ā, weke ‘ula, and ‘oama (Maui rules) Minimum size 8 inches Bag limit 50 ‘oama (‘oama are weke under 8 inches) ‘Oama may be taken by hook-and-line only HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Weke nono (Maui rules) Minimum size 12 inches HAR 13-95.1 |
 | All other goatfishes (Maui rules) Minimum size 8 inches HAR 13-95.1 |
 | Kala Minimum size 14 inches HAR 13-95 |
 | ‘Ōpelu kala Minimum size 16 inches HAR 13-95 |
 | Manini Minimum size 5 inches HAR 13-95 |
 | ‘Ula‘ula koa‘e (onaga) Minimum size 1 pound (sale) Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-95, HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | ‘Ōpakapaka Minimum size 1 pound (sale) Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-95, HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | ‘Ula‘ula (ehu) Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | Kalekale Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | Lehi Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | ‘Ukikiki (gindai) Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-94, HAR 13-74 |
 | Hāpu‘u Bag limit 5 (total all Deep 7 species, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information HAR 13-95, HAR 13-94 |
 | Uku Minimum size 1 pound (spearing and sale) HAR 13-95 |
 | Akule and halalū Unlawful to take akule under 8-1/2 inches with net July through October, or possess or sell more than 200 pounds of akule under 8-1/2 inches per day from July through October See additional akule net rules HAR 13-95 |
 | ‘Ōpelu No minimum mesh size; Unlawful to use animal bait except with hook-and-line in waters of South Kona between Kiilae-Keokea and Kapua-Kaulanamauna boundaries HAR 13-95 |
 | Nehu Bag limit one gallon (home consumption); Nets over 50 feet for commercial use only; Bait license required for commercial use; Unlawful to sell or trade dried or cured nehu HAR 13-95, HAR 13-90, HRS 188-45 |
 | ‘Iao Commercial use only, bait license required; Unlawful to sell or trade dried or cured ‘iao HAR 13-95, HRS 188-45 |
 | Mano (shark) and hīhīmau (ray) Unlawful to intentionally or knowingly capture or entangle any shark or ray, whether alive or dead, or kill any shark or ray in state marine waters. HRS 188-39.5, HRS 188-40.8 |
Other Regulated Marine Vertebrates
 | Honu (Sea turtles) No open season Federal laws also apply to these endangered and threatened species HRS 195D-4 |
 | ‘Īlioholoikauaua (Hawaiian monk seal) Unlawful to molest, kill, capture, or possess at any time; Federal laws also apply to these endangered species HRS 195D-4 |