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Luxury boat owners appeal $1.8 million fine for February 2023 grounding at Honolua Bay
The owners of a luxury yacht that broke loose from its moorings in February 2023 and went aground north of Honolua-Mokulē‘ia Bay are appealing a $1.8 million fine assessed against them by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
Owners of grounded luxury yacht Nakoa seeking contested case over $1.8 million fine
The owners of the luxury yacht Nakoa want a formal contested case hearing to fight a $1.8 million fine assessed last month by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
Fine increased to $1.8M for yacht grounding at Honolua; includes cultural resource damages and community distress
The Board of Land and Natural Resources increased a fine against the owners and operator of the luxury yacht, Nakoa, to $1,818,85.97 on Friday, to account for biological and cultural damages, as well as “emotional distress to the community.”
State discusses second attempt to collect fines from owners of Nakoa super yacht
Six months after reaching a settlement with owners of a luxury yacht for its grounding, removal and damage to natural resources, the owners still have not paid the thousands of dollars owed to the state.
Sen. McKelvey asks BLNR for stringent penalties against owners of Nakoa vessel
At its upcoming meeting on Jan. 26, 2024, the Board of Land and Natural Resources will consider enforcement action against the owners of the vessel Nakoa, which, in February 2023, grounded outside the Honolua-Mokulēʻia Bay Marine Life Conservation District. In the incident, 119 specimens of stony coral and 1640.5 square meters of live rock were damaged.
$117,000 fine issued against Trust for luxury yacht grounding at Honolua Bay in February
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources issued a $117,471.97 fine against the Albert Revocable Trust for coral and live rock damage caused by the grounding of the private luxury yacht Nakoa at Honolua Bay in northwest Maui earlier this year. The board is still contemplating and is open to seeking any kind of fair and reasonable penalty against the operator, Jim Jones and Noelani Yacht Charters, LLC, for damages done to cultural and natural resources.