2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 12. CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES
188. Fishing Rights and Regulations
188-58.5 Female ula (spiny lobsters), Kona crabs, and Samoan crabs; taking or killing prohibited.


HI Rev Stat § 188-58.5 (2013) What's This?

Cross References

Nonapplicability of fishing regulations to patients of Kalaupapa, see §326-29.

Law Journals and Reviews

Protecting Hawai‘i's Fisheries: Creating an Effective Regulatory Scheme to Sustain Hawai‘i's Fish Stocks. 29 UH L. Rev. 243.

§188-58.5 Female ula (spiny lobsters), Kona crabs, and Samoan crabs; taking or killing prohibited. (a) Unless otherwise exempted by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or kill any female ula (spiny lobster or Panulirus), Kona crab (Ranina ranina), or Samoan crab (Scylla serrata).

(b) This section shall not prohibit the taking or killing of female marine invertebrates identified in subsection (a) if they are the product of commercial aquaculture and not removed from their natural environment. [L 2006, c 77, §1]

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