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Hawaii: Shark fishing ban goes into effect January 1
Published on 2 Jan, 2022 at 5:38 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii — —- —- —- — —- — A bill passed by the 2021 State Legislature banning shark fishing will take effect January 1, 2022. Act 51 (House Bill 553) makes it illegal to knowingly capture, entangle, or kill a shark in state marine waters. The new law applies
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