HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2357

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN KONOHIKI MANAGEMENT.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 171-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  The aha moku advisory committee may provide advice on the following:

     (1)  Integrating indigenous resource management practices with western management practices in each moku;

     (2)  Identifying a comprehensive set of indigenous practices for natural resource management;

     (3)  Fostering the understanding and practical use of native Hawaiian resource knowledge, methodology, and expertise;

     (4)  Sustaining the State's marine, land, cultural, agricultural, and natural resources;

     (5)  Providing community education and fostering cultural awareness on the benefits of the aha moku system;

     (6)  Fostering protection and conservation of the State's natural resources; [and]

     (7)  Developing an administrative structure that oversees the aha moku system[.]; and

     (8)  Establishing and applying traditional Hawaiian konohiki management practices to restore fishery food stocks and environmental well-being, in consultation with members of fishery communities engaging in traditional Hawaiian fishery sustainability practices."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect July 1, 2030.



 

Report Title:

Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Konohiki Management Practices

 

Description:

Authorizes the Aha Moku Advisory Committee to provide advice on establishing and applying traditional konohiki management practices to restore fishery food stocks and environmental well-being, in consultation with fishery communities engaging in traditional Hawaiian fishery sustainability practices.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB2357 HD1)

 

 

 

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