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Lāna’i & Moloka’i — Regulated Fishing Areas
LĀNA’I
Mānele-Hulopo’e Marine Life Conservation District
Location: Offshore of Palawai and Kamao on the southwestern coast of Lāna’i.
- Subzone A — Bounded seaward by a line from Kaluako’i Point to Flat Rock, then to Pu’u Pehe Rock.
- Subzone B — Bounded seaward by a line from Pu’u Pehe Rock to Kalaeokahano Point.
The Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation has established rules relating to boating, anchoring, and mooring within the MLCD.
Permitted
- Fish for, take, or possess any finfish or ‘a’ama crab by pole-and-line from the shoreline only.
- Possess the following gear: pole and line; one knife; one hand net with frame no more than 3 feet in diameter (excluding handle); any legal fishing gear while on a vessel transiting to or from Mānele Boat Harbor within the harbor channel or the Harbor (but fishing gear may not be in the water).
- With a permit, engage in activities otherwise prohibited for scientific, propagation, or other purposes.
Prohibited
- Fish for, take, or injure any marine life (including eggs), or possess any fishing gear, except as indicated in permitted activities above.
- Take or alter any sand, coral, or other geological feature or specimen.
- Operate, anchor, or moor any vessel within Subzone A. (Manually-propelled Hawaiian outrigger canoes may be operated, but not anchored or moored, in Subzone A.)
- Operate, anchor, or moor a vessel in such a way as to damage marine life or geological features anywhere in the MLCD.
Mānele Harbor
Location: Small boat harbor on the southern coast of Lāna’i.
- Area 1 — Shoreline portion of the entrance channel and basin, bounded seaward by a line connecting the seaward tip of the three groins along the shoreline.
- Area 2 — Breakwater portion of the entrance channel.
Permitted activities should not be construed as allowing activities otherwise prohibited by laws or rules of the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation.
Permitted
- Use and possess crab nets, hand nets for shrimp, and landing nets within Areas 1 and 2, provided the net’s frame is no more than 3 feet in diameter (excluding handle).
- Possess but not use nets on board vessels within Area 2.
- Commercial fishers with a Bait License may use and possess nets within Areas 1 and 2 to take baitfishes.
Prohibited
- Use or possess any type of net within Areas 1 and 2, except as indicated in permitted activities above.
MOLOKA’I
Kaunakakai Harbor
Location: Southern coast of Moloka’i.
- Area 1A and Area 1B — Portions of the commercial harbor, separated by a line extending from the Channel Range Lights.
- Area 2 — Portions of the small craft harbor.
Permitted
- Within Area 1A: Fishing with thrownet or pole and line; taking baitfish in season with a bait license; fishing with nets with (a) a permit from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, (b) clearance from the Department of Transportation, and (c) except at night when nets may not be set nor remain in the water unless to complete unloading fish.
- Within Area 1B: Fishing with thrownet or pole and line.
- Within Area 2: Fishing with pole and line; using hand nets no longer than 3 feet in any dimension to take shrimp or land fish already hooked.
Prohibited
- Within Area 1A: using nets except as described above; obstructing passage of vessels.
- Within Area 1B: using any type of net except thrownet.
- Within Area 2: using any type of net, except hand nets as described above.