MCC §6.04.105
Exemptions
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section lists who does not have to follow this chapter's rules. It covers people fishing for bait or food, native Hawaiian customary practices, and people keeping aquatic life in captivity for education or science. It does not cover other activities.
everyone
The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Exemptions
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
This chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Persons who harvest aquatic life to be used for bait for fishing or for human consumption
or for sale for human consumption;
B.
Persons exercising those rights customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence,
cultural, and religious purposes and possessed by ahupu'a tenants who are descendants
of native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian islands prior to 1778, as protected
by article XII, section 7, of the Hawaii State Constitution; or
C.
Persons who specialize in the holding of aquatic life in a state of captivity within
the County for education or scientific study and do not sell or distribute aquatic
life for compensation.
(Ord. No. 3809, § 4, 2011)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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