Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-5.5 – Consistency of state and federal fisheries regulations
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-5.5
- Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
- Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
- Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
“Declared” or “declares” means a public announcement made by a federal agency with the responsibility for the management of fisheries in federal marine waters around the Hawaiian Islands pursuant to the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (P.L. 94-265), as amended by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-479), that a fishery in state marine waters is in a state of overfishing, overfished, or in some other state of unsustainability.
“Federal fisheries regulations” means regulations relating to the management of marine fisheries adopted by federal agencies such as the National Marine Fisheries Service or the United States Department of Commerce, and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations.
“Federal marine waters” means the Exclusive Economic Zone established by Presidential Proclamation 5030, 3 Code of Federal Regulations 22, dated March 10, 1983, and is that area adjacent to the United States which, except where modified to accommodate international boundaries, encompasses all waters from a baseline starting at the seaward boundary of state territorial seas extending seaward two hundred nautical miles.
“Fishery” or “fisheries” means one or more stocks of marine resources other than marine mammals and birds that can be treated as a unit for purposes of conservation and management and that are identified on the basis of geographical, scientific, technical, recreational, and economic characteristics; and any fishing for such stocks.
“Overfishing” or “overfished” means a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis.