Pūpūkea MLCD
| Location | The Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District is located on the northern coast of O‘ahu, from the highwater mark seaward, bounded by a line extending due west from Kulalua Point to a point 100 yards offshore, then south to the most seaward exposed rock of Wananapaoa Islets on the south side of Waimea Bay (including the islets), then due southeast to shore, as shown. |
| Permitted | To take and possess up to two pounds (combined total, squeezed dry) of limu kohu and limu lipe‘epe‘e by hand harvest only, provided the limu’s holdfast is left in place. To possess a knife for personal safety only. Within Waimea Bay only: To take and possess any finfish with hook-and-line from shore, with not more than two poles per person and one line per pole with no more than two hooks per line. To take with legal nets and possess ‘opelu during August and September, and akule during November and December. |
| Prohibited | To fish for, take, injure, kill, possess or remove any marine life (including eggs), except as indicated in permitted activities above. To take or alter any geological feature or specimen. To possess in the water any device that may be used to take marine life, or alter any geological feature or specimen. To introduce any food or other substance into the water to attract marine life, except as permitted for fishing in Waimea Bay. To snag any akule while fishing from the shore of Waimea Bay according to permitted activities above. |
| Warning | Hazardous to enter water during periods of high surf along the North Shore. |