STAND. COM. REP. NO. 294

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1178
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1178 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish procedures for the
seizure, forfeiture and disposal of certain fishing violations.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), the
Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and
BOATS/HAWAII Inc. testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will define procedures
in managing perishable natural resources.  By selling suspected
violations of oversize catches in a timely manner and at fair
market value, this would prevent storage cost to the state, and
prevent waste of valuable consumable resources. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1178 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.


 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources,



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                                   Roy M. Takumi, Chair