STAND. COM. REP. NO. 949

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 34
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 34, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Amend or repeal certain aquatic resources laws related
          to licenses, permits, bag limits, sales restrictions,
          prohibitions, open and closed seasons, fishing gear,
          area restrictions, and net sizes; and

     (2)  Transfer authority to the Department of Land and
          Natural Resources (DLNR) to adopt administrative rules
          implementing or replacing the amended or repealed
          statutes.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received by the Board
of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii Environmental
Center, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Hawaii Cooperative
Fishery Unit, Hawaii Audubon Society, Boat Owners Association of
The State of Hawaii Inc., and a private fisherman.

     Your Committee finds that the current system for fisheries
management is inadequate.  The complexities of resource
management require year-round attention.  Presently, changes in
the law can only take place when the Legislature is in session.

 
 
 
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As a result, sound management techniques are often implemented in
an untimely fashion, significantly limiting their effectiveness.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical and
non-substantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 34, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends
that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 34, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair