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Coastal News Today | HI - Aquarium Trade Reveals Revised EIS for West Hawaii Fishing


The move comes nine months after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously rejected the group’s first environmental impact statement (EIS).
The council’s updated proposal includes reducing the number of aquarium fishing permits issued in the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area (WHRFMA) from 10 to seven and creates a “Revised White List” consisting of eight species. The area spans the entire coastline of West Hawaii, from Upolu Point in North Kohala to Ka Lae (South Point) in Ka‘u.
Only yellow tang, kole, orangespine unicornfish, potter’s angelfish, brown surgeonfish, thompson’s surgeonfish, black surgeonfish and bird wrasse would be allowed to be caught. Further, each of the seven permitted fishers would be limited to annual catch quotas of 1% of the estimated WHRFMA Open Area population for each species, per the document published Tuesday by the state Office of Environmental Quality Control kicking off a 45-day public comment period. ....

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