Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES
Part IV - FISHERIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 74 - LICENSE AND PERMIT PROVISIONS AND FEES FOR FISHING, FISH, AND FISH PRODUCTS
Subchapter 3 - COMMERCIAL FISHING
Section 13-74-20 - Commercial marine license
Current through August, 2024
(a) No person shall take marine life for commercial purposes whether the marine life is caught or taken within or outside of the State, without first obtaining a commercial marine license; provided that a valid commercial marine vessel license issued pursuant to section 13-74-23 shall satisfy the commercial marine license requirement for all persons taking marine life for commercial purposes aboard a validly-licensed vessel.
(b) Any person providing charter services in the State for the taking of marine life in or outside of the State shall obtain a commercial marine license; provided that a valid commercial marine vessel license issued pursuant to section 13-74-23 shall satisfy the commercial marine license requirement for all persons providing charter services for the taking of marine life aboard a validly-licensed vessel.
(c) Commercial marine licenses shall require the person's name, address, age, place of birth, residency, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, citizenship, and such other information as the department may require. The department may require an applicant for a commercial marine license to show proof of identity prior to issuance or renewal of a license.
(d) The fee for the issuance or renewal of a commercial marine license is:
The fee for a duplicate license is $10.
(e) No person may:
(f) Commercial marine licensees shall submit reports of their fishing activity. Such reports shall be submitted to the department monthly pursuant to section 13-74-2(5); provided that persons taking bottomfish as defined in chapter 13-94, in the main Hawaiian islands, shall, in addition to their monthly report for species other than bottomfish, submit trip reports of their bottomfish fishing activity pursuant to section 13-74-2(6). Monthly and trip reports are subject to section 13-74-2, and sections 189-3 and 189-3.5, HRS, and as may be otherwise provided by law.
