HRS §187A-6.5
Releasing non-native fish and seizing harmful aquatic life
This law says you cannot release live non-native fish or other aquatic animals into Hawaii's waters, except in a special case. It also lets the department take and destroy any such animals found in the water if their import is banned or limited.
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The statute, as written — Release and confiscation of harmful aquatic life
(a) No person shall release any live non-native fish or other live non-native aquatic life being held in an aquarium or other confinement for scientific study, exhibition, display, sale, or for any other purpose, into any waters of the State, except as provided in section 187A-2(4). (b) The department or its agents may seize, confiscate, or destroy, as a public nuisance, any fish or other aquatic life found in any waters of the State and whose importation is prohibited or restricted pursuant to rules of the department of agriculture and biosecurity.
Sections this one refers to
§187A-2 Department's powers and duties
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