§197-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:



"Aquatic life" means any type or
species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod,
invertebrate, coral or other animal that inhabits the freshwater and marine
environment and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof; or
freshwater and marine plants, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof.



"Board" means the board of land and
natural resources.



"Commission" means the animal species
advisory commission.



"Committee" means the aquatic life
and wildlife advisory committee established in each of the counties of the
State.



"Conservation" means to use and the
use of all methods and procedures for the purpose of managing populations of
aquatic life and wildlife and their habitats.



"Department" means the department of
land and natural resources.



"Habitat" means a locality or
environment in which aquatic life, wildlife or land plants (as defined in
chapter 195D) grow or live.



"Indigenous species" means any
aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant (as defined in chapter 195D) growing or
living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought directly or indirectly
to Hawaii.



"Introduction" means an act of
establishing aquatic life or wildlife into a habitat to which it is not
indigenous.



"Take" means to fish, trap, hook,
net, spear, harvest, pick or withdraw aquatic life from the water, or to
injure, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, net, capture, or possess wildlife.



"Wildlife" means any non-domesticated
member of the animal kingdom, including game birds and mammals designated by
law or rules for hunting, whether reared in captivity or not, and includes any
part, product, egg or offspring thereof, except aquatic life as defined in this
section. [L 1985, c 74, pt of §1]