STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1249-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 53
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and
Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 53 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE STATE OF HAWAII
     DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH A
     COMMUNITY BASED SUBSISTENCE FISHING AREA AT HA'ENA ON THE
     ISLAND OF KAUAI,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage the Department
of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to establish a community
based subsistence fishing area at Ha'ena on the Island of Kauai.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from Hui
Hoomalu I Ka Aina, Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Save Our Seas,
`Ilio`ulaokalani Coalition, and Ho`okipa Network - Ahupua`a o
Kealia, as well as from several individuals.  The DLNR submitted
testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees find that the fishing area at Ha`ena is a
unique resource that has become increasingly taxed by
overfishing. If the DLNR designates Ha`ena as a community-based
subsistence fishing area, where fisheries management strategies
for such areas are applied, this valuable resource will be
protected in a manner consistent with Native Hawaiian fishing
systems while preserving the ecosystem.  

     Your Committees further find that pursuant to Act 271,
Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, the DLNR may grant the management

 
 
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responsibilities of the community-based subsistence area to a
community group.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and Water and
Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees concur
with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 53 and recommend that
it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources and Water
                                   and Land Use,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair             ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair