#community fisheries enforcement unit
Weekend Talk Story Event at Kahului Boat Ramp
Enforcement officers with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Community Fisheries Enforcement Unit will be at the Kahului Boat Ramp on Sunday, March 20, 2016 from 8 a.m. to noon to help educate fishers about Hawaiʻi’s fishing laws.
Maui Fisheries Team Recognized for Pilot Program Success
In the program’s first year of operation, from May 2013 to April 2014, officers initiated 60 investigations, compared to 17 in the same period from the previous year, according to state officials.
Report Expected on Maui Fisheries Enforcement Unit
In it’s first full year of operation, Fisheries officials with the Department of Land and Natural Resources say the team has recorded an increase in compliance and more citations. The action has led to the beginning of recovery for an “over fished and over stressed area of the island.”