REPORT TITLE:
Gill Nets; Restrictions


DESCRIPTION:
Prohibits the use of gill nets in Kaneohe bay during the months
of December, January, and February.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1712       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO GILL NET FISHING.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 188-30.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "�188-30.2  Fishing with gill nets; prohibited.(a)  It is
 
 4 unlawful for any person engaged in gill net fishing to:
 
 5      (1)  Leave the person's net unattended without visually
 
 6           inspecting the net every two hours and releasing or
 
 7           removing any undersized, illegal, or unwanted catch; or
 
 8      (2)  Leave the net in the water for a period of more than
 
 9           four hours in any twenty-four-hour period.
 
10      (b)  For purposes of this section, "gill net" means a
 
11 curtainlike net suspended in the water with mesh openings large
 
12 enough to permit only the heads of the fish to pass through,
 
13 ensnaring them around the gills when they attempt to escape.
 
14      (c)  No person shall engage in gill net fishing in the
 
15 waters of Kaneohe bay during the months of December, January, and
 
16 February."
 
17      SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
 
18      SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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