Rules Regulating the Taking and Selling of Certain Marine Species
DEADLINE August 14th
Public Hearing Notice For the Proposed Amendment and Compilation of Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 13-95, “Rules Regulating the Taking and Selling of Certain Marine Species,” to Update Rules for Manini, Kala, Uhu, and Pāpa‘i Kualoa (Kona Crab), to Establish Rules for Kole, and to Update the Chapter with Other Various Housekeeping Amendments.
Testifiers can use our auto-populated written testimony if it’s in alignment by August 14, 2023, to: DLNR.Aquatics@hawaii.gov
SAMPLE TESTIMONY
Aloha Division of Aquatic Resources
DAR must steer our future towards a restorative and regenerative future around Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-95. We live in a time when all herbivore species are in a degraded state of mass decline—a CRISIS.
We thank you for the intent of this rules package and offer the following recommendations and comments. We also thank you for your extensive effort in this rules package and for holding public hearings at each of our counties.
* This NEW land-to-sea research that was published on August 9th, 2023 is old news for our Kamaʻaina, Konohiki, Kūpuna, and it is meant to get Western scientists and responsible organizations like DAR to be on the same page.
The tipping point for a coral collapse is here. We lack a healthy ecology and symbiotic relationships; therefore, drastic measures to protect them are necessary. Uhu perform a critical function on our reefs, that we as humans can not be a substitute for. We need Uhu on our reefs in abundance for more than just food. We need them on our reef to increase reef resilience, and we must do all we can to make that happen!
We need transparency and cohesive rules that quantify the path to definitive restoration and regenerative impact, as how we interact with the ocean impacts its health and whether it can perpetuate life in perpetuity.
Therefore;
I SUPPORT the proposed non-commercial rules as they are consistent with those in place at the community level (Miloli’i CBSFA, 2022) and island-wide (Maui Rules, 2014)
I, OPPOSE the commercial rules for Uhu and Kala and recommend they be removed from commercial take.
Thank you for taking the time to address community concerns.
Aloha
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Review HULI PAC’s testimony in full here
Read the full public hearing notice here
View the latest community scoping in Kauai here
Coral reefs benefit from reduced land–sea impacts under ocean warming here
Published August 9th, 2023