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HRS §187A-22

Buying or leasing land does not give fishing rights

This section says that buying, leasing, or getting government land in another way does not give you any special right to fish in nearby waters that are not part of your land. You have no more right than anyone else over those fishing grounds.

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The statute, as written — Use of adjoining lands

No person who has bought any government land, or obtains the land by lease or other title, has or shall have greater right than any other person over any fishing ground not included in the title, although adjacent to the land.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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