Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 4 - FISHERIES
Part V - PROTECTED MARINE FISHERIES RESOURCES
Chapter 94 - BOTTOMFISH MANAGEMENT
Section 13-94-10 - Control date
Current through August, 2024
(a) There is established a control date to give prior notice of intent to possibly limit participation in the Main Hawaiian Islands commercial bottomfish fishery. Persons who begin fishing in the Main Hawaiian Islands commercial bottomfish fishery on or after the control date will not be assured continued participation if the department establishes a bottomfish limited entry program in the future. The control date will be the original effective date of this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall commit the department to establish a bottomfish limited entry program in the future nor does it prevent the department from establishing another control date.