The West Hawai'I Fisheries Council Case Study Report

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• Personal Author:
  Maurin, Paulo ; Peck, Sara
• Corporate Authors:
  University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sea Grant College Program
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  HAWAU (Hawaii Sea Grant)
• 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
• Document Type:
  Non-Series Report
• Funding:
  Grant/cooperative agreement nos. Project no. A/AS-1 ; NA05OAR4171048
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/39944/noaa_39944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Sea Grant Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3bd1b703bbd726ef100a26334d15a31041e3a65ba4af6d09290d5aa3d6275ae8