State officers confiscated greater than 1,000 toes of lay internet and two small boats from a person close to the Ahu o Laka sandbar in Kaneohe Bay.
Appearing on a tip, Division of Conservation and Assets Enforcement officers Friday morning noticed a 34-year-old Kaneohe man towing two boats into the water, allegedly to retrieve an unlawful fishing internet, the state Division of Land and Pure Assets stated in a information launch.
Officers contacted the person when he got here to shore, cited him and confiscated the boats and the online, by which “lots” of fish had been caught, as proof.
The person is scheduled to look in Kaneohe District Court docket on Nov. 3.
Anybody who observes suspicious exercise can attain DOCARE by way of the DLNRTip app or by calling the 24-hour hotline at 808-643-3567.