The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold a combined public informational meeting and formal public rulemaking hearing in West Hawai‘i to amend Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) Title ...
Read More Public hearing on proposed marine reserve at Ka‘ūpūlehu, West Hawai‘i
Following an emergency measure that temporarily banned harvest of all sea cucumbers in Hawaiian waters, a new permanent rule goes into effect January 10, 2016. Under the new rule: Commercial ...
Read More New sea cucumber rule goes into effect January 10, 2016
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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold public hearings on the proposed adoption of a new chapter under the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) relating to the harvest ...
Read More Public hearings scheduled on proposed rule to regulate sea cucumber harvest
The Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to hold public hearings to adopt a new chapter under the Hawai‘i Administrative Rules (HAR) to regulate the harvest of sea cucumbers ...
Read More Public hearings proposed on rule to regulate sea cucumber harvest
Governor Ige has signed into law the first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) in the state, in the waters off Hā‘ena, Kaua‘i. The rule was filed August 4, and goes into effect ...
Read More Hā‘ena Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area rule signed by governor
The Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approved a rule June 26 to make it illegal to take any species of sea cucumber from state waters for the next ...
Read More Sea cucumber harvesting banned for 120 days
New rules for aquarium fish collecting are now in effect for waters within three nautical miles of the O‘ahu shoreline. The rules include new limits on nets used to collect ...
Read More New O‘ahu aquarium fishing rules now in effect
The open fishing season for rainbow trout in the Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area on Kaua‘i will begin Saturday, June 20, 2015. Anglers may fish daily from Saturday, June 20, to Sunday, ...
Read More Annual rainbow trout season at Kōke‘e, Kaua‘i opens June 20
HONOLULU — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announces the closing of the Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area, O‘ahu, to fishing for one year beginning Jan. 1, ...
Read More Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area will close to fishing for year starting Jan. 1, 2015