Bill Text: HI HB496 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Fishing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Referred to WAL, CPC, referral sheet 1 [HB496 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB496-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to fishing.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 188-22.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§188-22.6[]]
Designation of community-based
subsistence fishing area. (a) The department of land and natural resources
may designate community-based subsistence fishing areas and carry out fishery
management strategies for such areas, through administrative rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 91, for the purpose of reaffirming and protecting fishing
practices customarily and traditionally exercised for purposes of native
Hawaiian subsistence, culture, and religion[.]; provided that the designation
shall be approved by at least fifty per cent of the residents of the affected community.
(b) Proposals may be submitted to the department of land and natural resources for the department's consideration. The proposal shall include:
(1) The name of the organization or group submitting the proposal;
(2) The charter of the organization or group;
(3) A list of the members of the organization or group;
(4) A description of the location and boundaries of the marine waters and submerged lands proposed for designation;
(5) Justification for the proposed designation including the extent to which the proposed activities in the fishing area may interfere with the use of the marine waters for navigation, fishing, and public recreation; and
(6) A management plan
containing a description of the specific activities to be conducted in the
fishing area, evaluation and monitoring processes, methods of funding and
enforcement, and other information necessary to advance the proposal.
Proposals shall meet community-based subsistence
needs [and], judicious fishery conservation and management
practices[.], and be approved by at least fifty per cent of the residents
of the affected community.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
[(1)] "Affected community"
means within ten miles of the shoreline boundary of the area to be designated as
a community-based subsistence fishing area.
"Native Hawaiian" means
any descendant of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778[;
and].
[(2)] "Subsistence"
means the customary and traditional native Hawaiian uses of renewable ocean
resources for direct personal or family consumption or sharing."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Community-based Subsistence Fishing Areas; Community Approval
Description:
Conditions the designation of community-based subsistence fishing areas upon approval of the affected community.
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