§188F-4 - West Hawaii regional fishery management area plan.
[§188F-4] West Hawaii regional fisherymanagement area plan. The department shall develop a West Hawaii regionalfishery management area plan that identifies and designates appropriate areasof the management area as follows:
(1) Designates a minimum of thirty per cent ofcoastal waters in the West Hawaii regional fishery management area as fishreplenishment areas in which aquarium fish collection is prohibited;
(2) Establishes a day-use mooring buoy system alongthe coastline of the West Hawaii regional fishery management area anddesignates some high-use areas where no anchoring is allowed;
(3) Establishes a portion of the fish replenishmentareas as fish reserves where no fishing of reef-dwelling fish is allowed; and
(4) Designates areas where the use of gill nets asset nets shall be prohibited. [L 1998, c 306, pt of §2]