Hawaii Minimum Sizes & Regulations

Regulated Species - Marine Fishes

	Ahi Minimum size 3 pounds (sale)	HAR 13-95
	Aholehole Minimum size 5 inches	HAR 13-95
	‘Ama‘ama (striped mullet) Closed season December - March Minimum size 11 inches	HAR 13-95 HRS 188-44
	Awa Minimum size 9 inches (spearing and sale)	HAR 13-95
	Moi Closed season June - August Minimum size 11 inches Bag limit 15	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-88
	‘O‘io Minimum size 14 inches	HAR 13-95
	Uhu Minimum size 12 inches	HAR 13-95
	Ulua and papio Minimum size 10 inches Minimum size 16 inches for sale Bag limit 20 (total all species)	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-87
	Weke and ‘Oama Minimum size 7 inches Bag limit 50 ‘oama (‘oama are weke under 7 inches)	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-88
	Kumu Minimum size 10 inches	HAR 13-95
	Moano Minimum size 7 inches	HAR 13-95
	Kala Minimum size 14 inches	HAR 13-95
	‘Opelu kala Minimum size 16 inches	HAR 13-95
	Manini Minimum size 5 inches	HAR 13-95
	Ehu Bag limit 5 (total onaga and ehu, applies to non-commercial fishing only See additional bottomfishing information	HAR 13-94
	Onaga Minimum size 1 pound (sale) Bag limit 5 (total onaga and ehu, applies to non-commercial fishing only) See additional bottomfishing information	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-94
	Opakapaka Minimum size 1 pound (sale) See additional bottomfishing information	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-94
	Uku Minimum size 1 pound (sale)	HAR 13-95
	Akule and Halalu Unlawful to take akule under 8-1/2 inches with net July through October, or possess or sell more than 200 pounds of akule under 8-1/2 inches per day from July through October See additional akule net rules	HAR 13-95
	‘Opelu No minimum mesh size; Unlawful to use animal bait except with hook-and-line in waters of South Kona between Kiilae-Keokea and Kapua-Kaulanamauna boundaries	HAR 13-95
	Nehu Bag limit one gallon (home consumption); Nets over 50 feet for commercial use only; Bait license required for commercial use; Unlawful to sell or trade dried or cured nehu	HAR 13-95 HAR 13-90 HRS 188-45
	‘Iao Commercial use only, bait license required; Unlawful to sell or trade dried or cured ‘iao	HAR 13-95 HRS 188-45
Other Baitfish Marquesan sardine, piha, tabai, and threadfin shad Season open; small mesh nets for commercial use only, bait license required, no bag limit		HAR 13-74

Other Regulated Marine Vertebrates

	Honu (Sea turtles) No open season Federal laws also apply to these endangered and threatened species	HRS 195D-4
	‘Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua (Hawaiian monk seal) Unlawful to molest, kill, capture, or possess at any time; Federal laws also apply to these endangered species	HRS 195D-4

Scientific names of regulated species

Hawaiian or common name, Scientific name (or recognized synonym)

Aholehole: Kuhlia sandvicensis, K. xenura
‘Ama‘ama (striped mullet): Mugil cephalus
Awa: Chanos chanos
Kala: Naso unicornis, N. brevirostris, N. annulatus
Kumu: Parupeneus porphyreus
Manini: Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis
Moano: Parupeneus. multifasciatus
Moi: Polydactylus sexfilis
‘O‘io: Albula glossodonta
‘Opelu kala: Naso hexacanthus
Uhu: Scarus dubius, S. psittacus, S. rubroviolaceus, Chlorurus sordidus, C. perspicillatus
Ulua and papio: Caranx ignobilis, C. lugubris, C. melampygus, C. sexfasciatus
Carangoides equula, C. ferdau, C. orthogrammus
Weke and oama: Mulloidicthys flavolineatus