Bill Text: HI HR115 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Establish The Laniakea Beach Marine Life Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-28 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2). [HR115 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HR115-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH THE LANIAKEA BEACH MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, Laniakea Beach, or Turtle Beach, on Oahu's North Shore, is home to many Hawaiian honu (green sea turtles); and
WHEREAS, the honu are protected by the federal Endangered Species Act and Hawaii state law; and
WHEREAS, Oahu's nearshore waters are also home to more than four hundred species of fish and other marine life; and
WHEREAS, some ocean activities, such as swimming, parasailing, water sledding, high-speed boating, and commercial boating, threaten honu, fish, and other sea life; and
WHEREAS, Marine Life Conservation Districts, established by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, are designed to conserve and protect marine environments and resources; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 30x30 Marine Initiative, the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources plans to develop a network of Marine Management Areas to better protect the State's nearshore marine resources while ensuring the continuation of sustainable fishing practices; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is requested to establish the Laniakea Beach Marine Life Conservation District; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature recommends that the conservation district extend seaward for one mile from the shoreline of Laniakea Beach on the north shore of Oahu, at TMK 1-6-1-010-017-000, into state marine waters; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that rules adopted for the Laniakea Beach Marine Life Conservation District shall include protections for the practice of Native Hawaiian rights that are customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural, and religious purposes pursuant to Article XII, section 7, of the Hawaii State Constitution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
Marine Life Conservation District; Laniakea Beach Park
