Hawaii’s ‘last fishing village’ gets special state designation to protect its waters

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The “Final Fishing Village in Hawaii” has a shiny new title — and with it, a set of presidency protections.

Milolii on Hawaii Island is formally designated because the second Neighborhood-Based mostly Subsistence Fishing Space within the state.

Signed into impact by Gov. David Ige, the shoreline’s new place is supposed to guard and preserve fish populations and habitats by combining conventional Hawaiian fishing practices with fashionable approaches to conservation, officers reported.

“We want younger individuals to hold this work ahead and encourage different communities to create community-based subsistence fishing areas for the profit and way forward for the whole state,” the governor stated.

“Milolii is a shining instance of how we will all work collectively for the good thing about our marine sources, our keiki and our kupuna.”

Haena, on Kauai, is one other Neighborhood-Based mostly Subsistence Fishing Space protected by the DLNR Division of Aquatic Sources.

DLNR guidelines for Neighborhood-Based mostly Subsistence Fishing Areas embrace:

• Measurement and/or bag limits
• Seasonal restrictions for sure fish
• No-take insurance policies of sure fish
• No business aquarium fishing
• And particular gear and species restrictions inside a number of sub-areas throughout the broader CBSFA boundary

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