Haw. Code R. § 13-60.10-1 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter regarding the Miloli'i Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area is to:

(1) Sustainably support the consumptive needs of communities along the southwest coast of Hawai'i Island through culturally-rooted, community-based fisheries management;

(2) Ensure the sustainability of nearshore ocean resources in the area through effective management practices, including the establishment of limits on the harvest of aquatic life;

(3) Recognize and protect customary and traditional native Hawaiian fishing practices that are exercised for subsistence, cultural, and religious purposes in the area;

(4) Facilitate the substantive involvement of the community in fisheries resource management decisions for the area through dialogue with community residents and resource users;

(5) Establish the Pu'uhonua Papa, Pu'uhonua Honomalino, Pu'uhonua Kapu'a, and Pu'uhonua Manuka to reduce fishing pressure in these areas in order to replenish populations of important fish species while also allowing for sustainable harvest;

(6) Establish the Paku'iku'i Rest Area for the preservation and protection of this nursery habitat for paku'iku'i as an important food fish for community families;

(7) Establish Puakai'a Miloli'i as an ocean classroom where the community can continue to impart intergenerational knowledge of traditional cultural ocean practices to future generations while maintaining crucial ocean entrypoints for the community; and

(8) Establish the 'Opelu Traditional Management Zone to ensure local 'opelu fish stocks are maintained according to traditional practices as an essential resource for the Miloli'i community and to honor the rich heritage and generational practice of 'opelu fishing in Miloli'i.

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Haw. Code R. § 13-60.10-1

[Eff 8/13/2022] (Auth: HRS §§ 188-22.6, 188-22.7, 188-53, 190-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 188-22.6, 188-22.7188-53, 190-3, Haw. Const. art. XI, § 6)