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Description:The West Hawai‘i Fisheries Council (WHFC) is a
community group on the island of Hawai‘i that
involves citizens in the management of local
marine resources. The WHFC was formed in
1998 partly due to community concerns over the
collecting of tropical reef fish for aquarium use.
In tandem with the formation of the group was
the passing of Act 306. The Act was an important
piece of legislation that required substantive
community involvement to achieve four main
tasks: setting aside a minimum of 30 percent of
the West Hawai‘i coastal area where no aquarium
fish collecting could take place, creating a dayuse mooring system, establishing portions of
existing Fisheries Replenishment Areas (FRAs) as
no-take FRAs, and setting portions of FRAs where
use of lay gill nets would be prohibited. The Act
also gave the Department of Land and Natural
Resources “expanded rule-making authority to
separate incompatible uses,” empowering the
agency to address and solve conflicts relating to
use of marine resources.
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Sea Grant Document Number:HAWAU-T-08-001
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