Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES › Part II - MARINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREAS › Chapter 53 - MANELE HARBOR, LANAI › Section 13-53-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Area 1" means that portion of the Manele Boat Harbor
					 entrance channel bounded by a seaward boundary drawn by straight lines
					 connecting the seaward tip of the three groins along the shoreline to the
					 intercept of the seaward boundary extending from the northernmost tip of the
					 breakwater to the seaward tip of the northernmost groin on the shoreline,
					 thence to the shoreline and along the shoreline back to the tip of the
					 southernmost groin, as delineated in the "Map of Manele Harbor, Lanai
					 10/19/87," located at the end of this chapter.
"Area 2" means that portion of the Manele Boat Harbor
					 beginning at the tip of the southernmost groin north of the northernmost pier
					 and following the seaward boundary of Area 1 to the intercept of the seaward
					 boundary extending from the northernmost tip of the breakwater to the seaward
					 tip of the northernmost groin on the shoreline thence to the breakwater and
					 along the shoreline of the breakwater and harbor back to the tip of the
					 southernmost groin, as delineated in the "Map of Manele Harbor, Lanai
					 10/19/87," located at the end of this chapter.
"Baitfishes" means those fish species listed in section
					 13-74-22.
"Bait license" means a license issued pursuant to section
					 13-74-22 to take
					 baitfishes.
"Commercial fishermen" means a person who has a valid
					 commercial marine license issued pursuant to section
					 13-74-20.
"Crab net" mean a type of fishing gear designed to
					 primarily catch crabs, consisting of a cone or bag of soft, flexible mesh
					 material and a rigid circular frame, to hold the mouth of the cone open, with
					 no handle.
"Fishing gear" means any device used to take marine
					 life.
"Hand net" means a type of hand held fishing gear
					 consisting of a cone or bag of soft, flexible mesh material kept open with a
					 rigid circular frame attached to one rigid handle.
"Manele Boat Harbor" means the small boat harbor situated
					 at Palawai and Kamao, Lanai, Hawaii.
"Net" means a type of fishing gear consisting primarily of
					 mesh material made into various shapes, such as but not limited to, a bag,
					 sack, pouch, enclosure, or curtain, used to entangle, surround, or concentrate
					 aquatic life.
"Landing nets" means a type of hand held fishing gear
					 consisting of a cone or bag of soft, flexible mesh material kept open with a
					 rigid circular frame attached to one rigid handle. The net is used to further
					 secure the capture of marine life that has been first taken by hook or
					 line.
"Take" means to fish for, catch, or harvest, or to attempt
					 to fish for, catch, or harvest, aquatic life. The use of any gear, equipment,
					 tool, or any means to fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, or to attempt to
					 fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, aquatic life by any person who is in the
					 water, or in a vessel on the water, or on or about the shore where aquatic life
					 can be fished for, caught, or harvested, shall be construed as taking.
"Throw net" means a type of fishing gear consisting of a
					 net of flexible mesh material made into the shape of a circle or cone, with an
					 extra panel of netting material, sometimes called the skirt, and weighted along
					 the perimeter of the circle or cone.