HAR §13-31-1. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless otherwise provided: "Anchor" means to drop or deploy an anchor into the water. For the purposes of this section, "anchor" does not include attaching to a legal mooring. §13-31-1 An official copy can be obtained from DLNR 808-587-0100 UNOFFICIAL COPY 31-2 "Finfish" means any of various species of marine life that uses fins to swim, not including marine mammals or sea turtles. "Marine life" means any type or species of saltwater fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, coral, or other marine animals, including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof; or seaweed or other marine plants, including any part, product, seed, or holdfast thereof. "Slow-no-wake" means as slow as possible without losing steerage way and so as to make the least possible wake. This would almost always mean speeds of less than five miles per hour. "Take" means to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or harvest, or to attempt to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or harvest, marine life. The use of any gear, equipment, tool, or any means to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or harvest, or to attempt to fish for, catch, capture, confine, or harvest, marine life by any person who is in the water, or in a vessel on the water, or on or about the shore where marine life can be fished for, caught, captured, confined, or harvested, shall be construed as taking. Any gear, equipment, or tool possessed in the water shall be construed as being in use for the purposes of taking marine life. "Trolling" means trailing a line attached to either a baited hook or artificial lure from a boat moving faster than slow-no-wake speed. [Eff and comp 9/16/95; am and comp 3/15/24] (Auth: HRS §l90-3) (Imp: §§190-3, 190-4.5)