HRS §189-15
Authority to make rules for fish aggregation devices
This section gives the Department of Land and Natural Resources the power to create and enforce rules about fish aggregation devices in the statewide system. The rules can ban people from tying boats to the devices or damaging them, but the department itself can do these things if needed to improve the system.
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The statute, as written — Authority
The department of land and natural resources may promulgate and enforce rules concerning the use of fish aggregation devices deployed under the Statewide Fish Aggregating System. The rules may include provisions that prohibit attaching, mooring, or tying any boat or other watercraft to the fish aggregating devices, or boarding, defacing, damaging, removing or destroying such devices; provided that the department may engage in such activities as deemed necessary to enhance the fish aggregating system.
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