(a) There is established within the department an animal species advisory commission which may serve in an advisory capacity to the board. The commission shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the governor in the manner provided in § 26-34. Three members of the department designated by the chairperson of the board, and no less than one each from the professional fields of aquatic life, wildlife, and conservation and resources enforcement, shall serve as members of the commission. Six of the members shall be scientists in the fields of botany, mammalogy, ichthyology, entomology, ornithology, and invertebrate zoology. The commission shall select its own chairperson.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-2

  • Aquatic life: means any type or species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, coral or other animal that inhabits the freshwater and marine environment and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof; or freshwater and marine plants, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Commission: means the animal species advisory commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Conservation: means to use and the use of all methods and procedures for the purpose of managing populations of aquatic life and wildlife and their habitats. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Habitat: means a locality or environment in which aquatic life, wildlife or land plants (as defined in chapter 195D) grow or live. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Introduction: means an act of establishing aquatic life or wildlife into a habitat to which it is not indigenous. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
  • Wildlife: means any non-domesticated member of the animal kingdom, including game birds and mammals designated by law or rules for hunting, whether reared in captivity or not, and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof, except aquatic life as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
(b) The commission may advise the board on every proposal for the deliberate introduction of aquatic life and wildlife by the department into any habitat within the State, whether the introduction proposed is from without the State into the State, or from one area in the State into another area in the State.
(c) The commission may also advise the board on any matter affecting the taking and conservation of aquatic life and wildlife including proposed rules. The commission may hear such persons and acquire such information as it desires and shall communicate its findings and recommendations to the board.

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