CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 4          

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1947
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FISHERIES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent the practice of shark
finning by:

     (1) Prohibiting any person from knowingly:

         (a)  Harvesting shark fins from the territorial waters
              of the State; or

         (b)  Landing shark fins in the State,

     unless the fins were taken from a shark landed whole in the 
     State; and

 
 
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     (2) Establishing penalties, including the seizure and
         forfeiture of shark fins, commercial marine license,
         vessel, and fishing equipment, as well as administrative
         fines of not less than $5,000 and not more than $15,000.

     Your Committee on Conference has clarified that the
provisions of this bill shall also apply to the following types
of vessels when fishing outside the territorial waters of the
State: 

     (1) Vessels with federal documentation that lists as a
         homeport a location within the State; and

     (2) Vessels that hold a fishing license or permit issued by
         the State as a prerequisite to participation in the
         fishery, or that have owners or captains who hold a
         fishing license or permit issued by the State as a
         prerequisite to participation in the fishery.

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments have been made
for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair       ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair         ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair