HRS §328-51

Penalty for ruining fish or blocking cold storage

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This law punishes anyone who, through interference, intimidation, or carelessness, causes or allows fish to spoil or be wasted during marketing or preservation, or who blocks legal cold storage of fish. The penalty is a fine, jail time, or both.

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The statute, as written — Causing preventable deterioration of; penalty

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.

Any person who by interference, intimidation, or carelessness, causes or permits preventable deterioration or waste in connection with the marketing of such fishes or their preservation, or who prevents or attempts to prevent lawful cold storage of such fishes, shall be fined not more than $200, or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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