Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES
Part I - MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 38 - WAIOPAE TIDEPOOLS MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, HAWAII
Section 13-38-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter unless otherwise provided:
"Commercial activities" means any action that involves the taking of marine life for compensation, usually money, or any action, service, or goods that are provided, in exchange for compensation, usually money, regardless of if the exchange occurs inside or outside of the marine life conservation district.
"District" means the Waiopae Tidepools marine life conservation district.
"Marine life" means any type or species of saltwater fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, coral, or other marine animals, including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof; or seaweeds or other marine plants, including any part, product, seed, or root thereof.
"Take" means to fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, or to attempt to fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, aquatic life. The use of any gear, equipment, tool, or any means to fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, or to attempt to fish for, catch, capture, or harvest, aquatic life by any person who is in the water, or in a vessel on the water, or on or about the shore where aquatic life can be fished for, caught, captured, or harvested, shall be construed as taking.
"Waiopae tidepools marine life conservation district" means that portion of the submerged lands and overlying waters of the area known as the Waiopae tidepools beginning at the high water mark at the shoreline and those overlaying waters and submerged lands depicted in the "Map of the Waiopae Tidepools Marine Life Conservation District Hawaii" at the end of this chapter.
