Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES › Part V - PROTECTED MARINE FISHERIES RESOURCES › Chapter 95.1 - ISLAND-BASED FISHERIES RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13-95.1-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless otherwise
						provided:
"Commercial marine dealer" means any person who sells or
						exchanges, or who is an agent in the transfer of marine life obtained directly
						from a commercial marine licensee, or any commercial marine licensee who sells
						or exchanges marine life at retail.
"Department" means the department of land and natural
						resources.
"Goatfish" means any fish in the family Mullidae, or any
						recognized synonym.
"Kumu" means any fish known as
Parupeneus
porphyreus
or any recognized
						synonym. Kumu are also known as whitesaddle goatfish.
"Length " means the straight-line measurement from the
						tip of the snout to the middle of the trailing edge of the tail.
"Marine life" means any type or species of saltwater
						fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, coral, or other marine animals,
						including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof; or seaweed or other
						marine plants, including any part, product, seed, or holdfast thereof.
"Moano kea" means any fish known as
Parupeneus
cyclostomus
or any recognized
						synonym. Moano kea are also known as moano kali, moano ukali ulua, blue
						goatfish, or goldsaddle goatfish.
"Munu" means any fish known as
Parupeneus
						insularis
or any recognized synonym. Munu are also known as doublebar
						goatfish.
"'Oama" means any juvenile weke'a,
Mulloidichthys
flavolineatus
, or juvenile
						weke ula,
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
, which is less than
						eight inches in length.
"Possess" means to procure, receive, hold, or control for
						a sufficient period to have had the opportunity to release or relinquish
						control.
"Take" means to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or
						harvest, or attempt to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or harvest, marine
						life. This term shall not apply to the temporary capture or confinement of any
						specimen which is returned to the water as soon as possible after
						landing.
"Uhu" means any fish belonging to the family Scaridae or
						any recognized synonyms. Uhu is a general term for parrotfish.
"Uhu 'ahu'ula" means any fish known as
Chlorurus
						perspicillatus
or any recognized synonym. Uhu 'ahu'ula are also known
						as spectacled parrotfish. The terminal phase of these fish is also known as
						"uhu uliuli".
"Uhu 'ele'ele" is any
Scarus
						rubroviolaceus
which has reached its terminal phase, indicated by a
						change in coloration from brownish-red and yellowish-gray, to green and blue. A
						predominantly green or blue-green body color and a green beak on a specimen of
Scarus
rubroviolaceus
is prima facie evidence
						that the specimen is an uhu 'ele'ele. Both uhu 'ele'ele and uhu palukaluka are
						known as redlip or ember parrotfish.
"Uhu palukaluka" means any fish known as
Scarus
rubroviolaceus
or any recognized
						synonym. Uhu palukaluka are also known as redlip or ember parrotfish. The
						terminal phase of these fish is also known as "uhu 'ele'ele".
"Uhu uliuli" is any
Chlorurus perspicillatus
which has reached its terminal phase, indicated by a change in
						coloration from a grayish brown body with a broad white band at the base of the
						tail, to a bluegreen body with a dark band across the top of the snout. A
						predominantly blue-green body color and the lack of a white tail band on a
						specimen of
Chlorurus
perspicillatus
is prima
						facie evidence that the specimen is an uhu uliuli. Both uhu uliuli and uhu
						'ahu'ula are known as spectacled parrotfish.
"Weke'a" means any fish known as
Mulloidichthys
flavolineatus
or any
						recognized synonym. Weke'a are also known as white goatfish. The young of these
						fish are also known as 'oama.
"Weke nono " means any fish known as
Mulloidichthys pfluegeri
or any recognized synonym. Weke nono
						are also known as Pflueger's goatfish or moelua.
"Weke ula" means any fish known as
Mulloidichthys
						vanicolensis
or any recognized synonym. Weke ula are also known as red
						weke
.
The young of these fish are also known as 'oama.