Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES
Part IV - FISHERIES RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Chapter 75 - RULES REGULATING THE POSSESSION AND USE OF CERTAIN FISHING GEAR
Section 13-75-13 - Bullpen traps
Current through February, 2024
(a) It is unlawful for any person to use bullpen traps with a stretched mesh of less than two inches.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to capture or attempt to capture aquatic life with a bullpen trap which exceeds two thousand feet in total length.
The total length of a bullpen trap shall include the length of the guide or guides and pen.
(c) It is unlawful for any person engaged in bullpen trap fishing to leave the trap in the same place for a period of more than sixteen hours.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to capture or attempt to capture aquatic life with a bullpen trap within one thousand yards from the shoreline, except as provided in subsection (e).
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), it is lawful to capture or to attempt to capture aquatic life with a bullpen trap in the area seaward from five hundred yards from the shoreline of the island of Moloka'i west of Kaunakakai wharf and in the area seaward from two hundred yards from the shoreline of the island of Moloka'i east of Kaunakakai wharf; provided that the department may designate other areas of similar characteristics in which the use of bullpen traps within one thousand yards from the shoreline may be allowed under this subsection.
(f) Any person violating any portion of this section shall be subject to penalty as provided under sections 187A-12.5 and 188-70, HRS. Each violation may constitute a separate offense.
