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

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

"Board" means the board of land andnatural resources.

"Commission" means the animal speciesadvisory commission.

"Committee" means the aquatic lifeand wildlife advisory committee established in each of the counties of theState.

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

"Department" means the department ofland and natural resources.

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

"Indigenous species" means anyaquatic life, wildlife, or land plant (as defined in chapter 195D) growing orliving naturally in Hawaii without having been brought directly or indirectlyto Hawaii.

"Introduction" means an act ofestablishing aquatic life or wildlife into a habitat to which it is notindigenous.

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

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