To enter into or fish in any area posted as fishing reserves or prohibited fishing zones. To fish for mullet during the closed season. To take or possess more than 3 Samoan crabs per day, or any Samoan crab less than 6 inches in width. To possess or use a spear. Kawaihae Harbor is located at Kawaihae, South Kohala, on the northwest coast of the island of Hawaii.
Restrictions apply to the south small boat basin as indicated in the map at right.
Permitted To take any legal size fish in season with not more than two lines, or two poles or rods and lines. To use hand nets not exceeding three feet in any dimension to take shrimp or nehu for bait purposes, or to land fish already hooked. To snag or attempt to snag any fish. To use any type of net, except handnets as indicated in permitted activities above. Puako Bay and Puako Reef include that portion of the reef from the shoreline at the westernmost edge of the boat ramp, along a line drawn parallel with the ramp seaward to the edge of the fringing reef, then southwestward a minimum seaward distance of 250 yards or to the edge of the fringing reef if one occurs beyond 250 yards, to a line due west of the small cove at the southern end of Puako Beach Road.