HRS §141-52
Aquaculture program
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section creates a state aquaculture program inside the department. The program must monitor, promote, share information, coordinate research, seek federal money, and help grow the aquaculture industry. The department chairperson may hire temporary staff outside the normal civil service rules.
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The statute, as written — Aquaculture program
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) There is established within the department an aquaculture program that shall: (1) Monitor actions taken by industry and by federal, state, county, and private agencies in activities relating to aquaculture, and promote and support worthwhile aquaculture activities; (2) Serve as an information clearinghouse for aquaculture activities; (3) Coordinate development projects to investigate and solve biological and technical problems involved in raising selected species with commercial potential; (4) Actively seek federal funding for aquaculture activities; (5) Undertake activities required to develop and expand the aquaculture industry; and (6) Perform other functions and activities that may be assigned by law. (b) The chairperson may employ temporary staff exempt from chapter 76 for the aquaculture program.
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