Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 5 - FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE › Part 2 - WILDLIFE › Chapter 124 - INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE, ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE, INJURIOUS WILDLIFE, INTRODUCED WILD BIRDS, AND INTRODUCED WILDLIFE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13-124-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter unless the context requires
						otherwise:
"Agriculture" means the production of crops which are
						planted, cultivated, and harvested for food, ornamental, grazing, cultural,
						medicinal or forest purposes.
"Aquaculture" means the farming or ranching of aquatic
						life in a controlled salt, brackish, or fresh water environment; provided that
						the farm or ranch is on or directly adjacent to land.
"Board" means the board of land and natural
						resources.
"Crops" means a plant or animal or product thereof that
						can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence.
"Cultural use" means use for traditional native Hawaiian
						practices.
"Department" means the department of land and natural
						resources.
"Domestic animal" means any of various animals which
						have been domesticated by humans in a condition mainly dependent on
						humans.
"Endangered wildlife" means any species, subspecies, or
						population of wildlife that has been officially listed by the federal
						government as endangered and any species, subspecies, or population of
						indigenous wildlife listed in, but not limited to the exhibit entitled "Exhibit
						2, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Endangered Wildlife in Hawaii 11/1/14"
						and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by
						reference.
"Export" means shipment to any point outside the
						State.
"Feral" means having escaped or been released from
						domestication and reverted to a wild state.
"Game birds" means those birds designated by statute or
						rule for hunting.
"Game mammals" means those mammals designated by statute
						or rule for hunting.
"Indigenous wildlife" means any species or subspecies of
						animal, including migratory forms, occurring or living naturally in Hawaii
						without having been brought to Hawaii by humans and listed in, but not limited
						to, the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 1, Chapter 13-124, Indigenous Wildlife of
						Hawaii, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter
						and incorporated by reference.
"Injurious wildlife" means any species or subspecies of
						animal which is known to be harmful to agriculture, aquaculture, indigenous
						wildlife or plants, or constitute a nuisance or health hazard and is listed in
						the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 5, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Injurious
						Wildlife in Hawaii, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of
						this chapter and incorporated by reference; and as established and designated
						by the board as injurious wildlife.
"Introduce" means an act of releasing wildlife into a
						habitat to which it is not indigenous.
"Introduced wild birds" means any non-domesticated
						species of birds introduced or imported to Hawaii by humans and living in a
						wild state other than game birds, including, but not limited to, species listed
						in the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 4, Chapter 13-124, Introduced Wild Birds Other
						Than Game Birds Which Have Become Established in the Wild, 11/1/14" and as
						updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by
						reference.
"Introduced wildlife" means any wildlife introduced or
						imported to Hawaii by humans.
"Non-domesticated animal" means any of various animals
						that have not been domesticated by humans and that are in a condition mainly
						independent of humans.
"Plant" means any member of the plant kingdom, including
						seeds, roots, and other parts thereof.
"Release" means to free an animal from confinement or
						restraint.
"Take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
						wound, kill, trap, capture, possess, or collect endangered or threatened
						species of wildlife, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
"Threatened wildlife" means any species, subspecies, or
						population of wildlife that has been officially listed by the federal
						government as threatened and any species, subspecies, or population of
						indigenous wildlife listed in, but not limited to, the exhibit entitled
						"Exhibit 3, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Threatened Wildlife in Hawaii,
						11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and
						incorporated by reference.
"Wildlife" means any member of any non-domesticated
						species of the animal kingdom, and game mammals and game birds living in a wild
						and non-domesticated state, whether reared in captivity or not, including any
						mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or
						other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof,
						or the dead body or parts thereof.