Report Title:

Gill Net Fishing; Prohibition

Description:

Prohibits fishing with gill nets throughout the State. Provides administrative fines.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2544

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to fishing.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 188, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§188- Fishing with gill nets; prohibited. (a) It is unlawful for any person to possess or use any gill net in the waters of the State.

(b) For purposes of this section, "gill net" means a curtainlike net suspended in the water with mesh openings large enough to permit only the heads of the fish to pass through, ensnaring them around the gills when they attempt to escape.

(c) For violations of this section, the administrative fines shall be as follows:

(1) For a first violation, a fine of not more than $1,000;

(2) For a second violation within five years of a previous violation, a fine of not more than $2,000; and

(3) For a third or subsequent violation within five years of the last violation, a fine of not more than $3,000."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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