STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2039

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 230

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 230 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A PANEL TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION OF GILL NETS OR LAY NETS AND THE SPREAD OF FOREIGN MARINE SPECIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution requesting the department of land and natural resources to convene a panel to study the relationship between the interisland transportation of gill nets or lay nets and the spread of foreign marine species.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony supporting the intent. Hawaii Nearshore Fisherman submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources could better serve the nearshore fisherman and its community of users and participants if the Department directed its time and resources to fisheries management measures that work toward managing resources and mitigating certain species.

     Your committee has amended this measure by

(1) Changing the title of this concurrent resolution to " REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONSIDER IMPOSING AN ANNUAL PERIODIC CLOSURE PROHIBITING OR RESTRICTING BY BAG LIMIT THE NIGHT TIME COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF PARROT FISH"; and

(2) Deleting its contents and replacing it with language to consider imposing a closure or bag limit on the parrot fish; and

(3) Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 230, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 230, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair