Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES
Part V - PROTECTED MARINE FISHERIES RESOURCES
Chapter 91 - PINK, GOLD AND BLACK CORALS
Section 13-91-3 - Exceptions; permits

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 13-91-3

Current through August, 2024

(a) A person, with an appropriate permit or license issued by the Department under terms and conditions it deems necessary, not inconsistent with sections 187A-5 and 187A-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may:

(1) Take or possess pink or gold coral for scientific or educational purposes;

(2) Take, or possess pink or gold coral for domestic or commercial purposes from State marine waters provided that harvesters make every effort to take only mature colonies of pink coral ten inches (25.40 centimeters) or larger in height.

(b) The board may revoke a permit or license for any infraction of its terms and conditions, and a person whose permit or license was revoked shall not be eligible to apply for another permit or license until one year after date of revocation.

(c) The department may suspend the taking of all pink, gold or black coral from State marine waters or from any portion thereof, when deemed necessary based on the best available scientific evidence to sustain these coral resources.

(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make it unlawful for a person to possess or sell any pink, gold or black coral obtained prior to the effective date of this rule.

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