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HI SCR166

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

4/13/2012

Primary Sponsor

Clayton Hee

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Origin

Senate

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regulating and controlling opihi harvesting to allow natural replenishment and support sustainable harvesting practices
  • Requires annual reporting on efforts to replenish opihi stocks, effectiveness of those efforts, and recommendations for improvement and proposed legislation
  • Identifies opihi picking as a dangerous activity, with 15 reported deaths between April 1999 and September 2001 from drowning, cliff falls, and wave-related incidents
  • Notes that opihi populations have been severely depleted and are becoming increasingly difficult to find, creating risk of losing a unique maritime resource and connection to Hawaiian history and culture
  • Recommends adoption of the concurrent resolution with support from The Nature Conservancy and individual testimony

Legislative Description

Opihi; Resource Management; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Rules; Annual Reports

Last Action

(H) Referred to WLO, FIN, referral sheet 66

4/16/2012

Committee Referrals

Water, Land, and Housing3/16/2012

Full Bill Text

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