{"id":1410,"date":"2014-09-30T05:26:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T05:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresadawson.wordpress.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2015-02-25T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:42:19","slug":"highlights-of-lay-net-rule-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/?p=1410","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of Lay Net Rule Amendments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current regulations allow lay nets to soak for up to four hours, with a requirement that they be checked every two. The minimum mesh size is 2 \u00be inches. Lay nets are not allowed in Hilo Bay, and as well as several fisheries management areas along West Hawai`i. The new rules, approved by the Land Board and awaiting the review and approval from the deputy attorney general and Governor\u2019s offices, do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>define lay nets as a gill net that is used in lay net fishing, and adds pa`ipa`i netting (where fishers hit the water to chase fish into outstretched nets) and moemoe netting to the definition of lay netting;<\/li>\n<li>prohibit lay netting in state waters around the entire island of Maui, in Kane`ohe Bay between the Sampan and Ship channels, in O`ahu\u2019s Kailua Bay between Mokapu and Wailea Points, and along O`ahu\u2019s south shore between Kawaihoa Point (Portlock) and Keahi Point (Pearl Harbor); <\/li>\n<li>require lay net users to register their nets with the state; <\/li>\n<li>limit net length to 125 feet, and height to seven feet; <\/li>\n<li>prohibit the linking of nets; <\/li>\n<li>standardize mesh size across all types of lay net (2 \u00be inches); <\/li>\n<li>require each net to have four DLNR identification tags; <\/li>\n<li>limit use to one net per person; <\/li>\n<li>require nets to have at least two buoys with registration numbers and reflective tape at either end of the float line; <\/li>\n<li>set a minimum distance of 250 feet between lay nets; <\/li>\n<li>set a maximum depth of 25 feet for recreational fishers and 100 feet for commercial fishers; <\/li>\n<li>limit sets to four hours within a 24-hour period; <\/li>\n<li>prohibit leaving nets unattended for more than 30 minutes; <\/li>\n<li>prohibit coral damage by nets; <\/li>\n<li>prohibit lay netting in streams or stream mouths; <\/li>\n<li>prohibit netting from two hours after sunset to two hours before sunrise; <\/li>\n<li>make it illegal to put false identification tags on unregistered nets;<\/li>\n<li>require net owners to report to the DLNR any registered net that is lost, stolen or given away or is otherwise no longer the property of the registered owner; <\/li>\n<li>allow the DLNR to confiscate nets not in compliance with the rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212; Teresa Dawson<\/p>\n<p>Volume 17, Number 6 December 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current regulations allow lay nets to soak for up to four hours, with a requirement that they be checked every two. The minimum mesh size is 2 &frac34; inches. Lay nets are not allowed in Hilo Bay, and as well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/?p=1410\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-december-2006"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}