#ocean stewardship user fee
BLNR to consider ocean stewardship user fee, Molokini Marine Life Conservation District
The Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources will be asked to approve a new chapter in Hawai‘i Administrative Rules to enable an ocean stewardship user fee during its meeting on Friday. BLNR will also consider amendments to the Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District to reduce crowding at the islet.
Division of Aquatic Resources open hearings on Ocean Stewardship User Fees
The proposed new chapter will implement §187A-52, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, which requires all operators of commercial vessels, watercraft, or water sports equipment, that are required to have a commercial operator permit or commercial use permit pursuant to HAR §13-256-3, to collect a $1 ocean stewardship user fee from each passenger carried or customer served, and to transfer these fees to DLNR.
