Haw. Code R. § 13-74-22 - Bait license

(a) The department may issue to commercial marine licensees a license to take the following baitfishes for which an open season is declared:

(1) 'Iao (Atherinomorus insularum);

(2) Marquesan sardine (Sardinella marquensis);

(3) Nehu (Encrasicholina purpurea);

(4) Piha (Spratelloides delicatulus);

(5) "Tabai" (Mollienesia spp.);

(6) Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense); and

(7) Gold-spot herring (Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus).

(b) Licenses for taking baitfishes other than nehu shall be issued for fishing operations where the fish caught are landed in the State, and where no baitfish caught are sold or transferred except for bait purposes.

(c) Licenses for taking nehu shall be issued only to persons employed on live-bait tuna boats, and only if their principal means of livelihood is derived from tuna fishing and the sale of tuna, where the fish caught are landed in the State, and the nehu is not sold to others.

(d) A separate license is required for each fishing vessel or independent fishing operation, regardless of whether several vessels or operations are owned or conducted by the same person, and shall be carried aboard each vessel or otherwise be readily available for inspection at all times.

(e) The fee for the bait license is $100, and the duplicate license fee is $10.

(f) Each person issued a bait license shall, in addition to monthly catch reports pursuant to section 13-74-20, submit baitfishing reports to the department. The baitfishing reports shall be submitted monthly in a form and manner provided by the department. The catch reports and baitfishing reports are subject to section 13-74-2; sections 189-3 and 189-3.5, HRS; and as may be otherwise provided by rule or law.

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Haw. Code R. § 13-74-22

[Eff: 8/12/93; am JAN 15 1999] (Auth: HRS §§ 187A-5, 188-45) (Imp: §§ 187A-5, 188-45)
§ 13-74-22 is based substantially upon chapter 13-72. [Eff: 5/26/1981; am 1/25/1982; R 12 1993] Am and comp 8/27/2021 Am and comp 5/2/2024