Hawaii Revised Statutes 183d. Wildlife

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 183d-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Aquaculture" means the propagation, cultivation, or farming of aquatic plants and animals in controlled...
• 183d-2 Powers and Duties of Department.
  The department shall: (1) Manage and administer the wildlife and wildlife resources of the State; (2) Enforce all laws relating to the protecting, taking,...
• 183d-3 Rules.
  Subject to chapter 91, the department shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules: (1) Concerning the preservation, protection, regulation, extension, and utilization of, and conditions...
• 183d-4 Game Management Areas, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Public Hunting Areas.
  (a) For the purposes of preserving, protecting, conserving, and propagating wildlife, the department shall establish, maintain, manage, and operate game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries,...
• 183d-5 Penalties.
  (a) Any person violating section 183D-21, 183D-25, 183D-33, or 183D-63 or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor,...
• 183d-6 Permits for Taking Wildlife for Scientific, Educational, or Propagation Purposes.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the department may take wildlife for scientific, educational, or propagation purposes, except as prohibited by chapter...
• 183d-7 Expenditures.
  (a) The department may expend all appropriations made for the purpose of effectuating the objectives of title 12. The department may expend proceeds in...
• 183d-8 Cooperation With Other Governmental Authorities.
  The department shall endeavor to secure the cooperation and assistance of and shall cooperate with the appropriate agency of the United States, or other...
• 183d-9 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration.
  The State assents to the provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. §669), as amended. The...
• 183d-10 Repealed.
  L 1988, c 67, §4.
• 183d-10.5 Wildlife Revolving Fund; Establishment.
  (a) There is established a wildlife revolving fund under the department of land and natural resources. (b) The following proceeds shall be retained by or...
• 183d-11 Informer's Fee.
  One-half of the fine imposed and collected in all cases where the defendant has been convicted for a violation of any of the provisions...
• 183d-12 General Administrative Penalties.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board is authorized to set, charge, and collect administrative fines or bring legal action to recover...

PART II. HUNTING IN GENERAL

• 183d-21 Hunting Licenses Required.
  No person shall hunt, pursue, kill, or take any game bird or mammal without first procuring a hunting license; provided that section 183D-32 to...
• 183d-22 Application and Issuance of Licenses; Fees.
  (a) A hunting license shall be issued to a person by an agent of the department upon: (1) Written application in the form prescribed...
• 183d-23 Licenses Expire When.
  All licenses shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance, except for licenses obtained pursuant to section 183D-22(b)(3). [L 1985, c...
• 183d-24 Duplicate Licenses.
  Duplicate licenses may be issued upon application stating under oath that the original license has been lost or destroyed and upon payment of a...
• 183d-25 Licenses; Display Thereof.
  No person to whom a hunting license has been issued shall permit any other person to carry, display, or use the license in any...
• 183d-25.5 Hunting Guides; Licensing and Reporting Requirements.
  (a) No person shall engage in the business of soliciting and guiding clients for the purpose of taking any game bird or mammal without...
• 183d-26 Hunting on Private Lands Prohibited.
  (a) No person shall enter upon any land or premises belonging to, held, or occupied by another, for the purpose of hunting or to...
• 183d-27 Night Hunting on Private Lands; Prohibition.
  Notwithstanding section 183D-26, no person shall take or pursue any game bird, game mammal, wild bird, or wild mammal at night on privately owned...
• 183d-27.5 Harassment of Hunters; Prohibition.
  (a) No person shall intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent the lawful taking of game by a person licensed pursuant to section 183D-21 by:...
• 183d-28 Hunter Education Program.
  (a) The department shall establish a hunter education program to provide instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. Upon successful completion of...
• 183d-29 Agents to Collect Application Fees and Sell Licenses.
  (a) The department may designate agents to collect hunting application fees and sell hunting licenses in accordance with this section. Agents shall report all...

PART III. GAME BIRDS

• 183d-31 Game Birds, Declaration by Department.
  (a) The department may declare, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91, any bird which has been or may be introduced into the State...
• 183d-32 Open and Closed Seasons and Bag Limits on Game Birds.
  (a) No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly take, kill, pursue, or have in possession any bird declared as a game bird by law...
• 183d-33 Shooting Certain Pigeons Prohibited.
  No person, other than the owner thereof, shall shoot, maim, kill, or detain any Antwerp, messenger, or homing pigeon. [L 1985, c 174, pt...
• 183d-34 Private and Commercial Shooting Preserve and Farmer's License.
  (a) For the purpose of encouraging private and commercial shooting preserves, game bird farming, and the domestication and propagation of game birds, a license...
• 183d-35 Importation; Sale of Game Birds.
  (a) Any responsible resident of good character who is a holder of the license defined in section 183D-34 may bring within the State and...
• 183d-36 Carcass to Be Tagged.
  Any licensee may possess, transport, or sell any game bird brought into the State or raised in captivity within the State as set forth...
• 183d-37 Retail Dealer's License.
  The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club, or any retail dealer in meats, may sell carcasses or parts thereof purchased or received...
• 183d-38 Transportation.
  Any common carrier, at any time, may transport game birds, if the carcasses or parts thereof are tagged or sealed, but to every coop...
• 183d-39 Report by Licensed Private and Commercial Shooting Preserve Operator; Farmer.
  The licensee shall make quarterly reports on the first of July, October, January, and April to the department on forms to be furnished by...
• 183d-40 Permit; Authority Under.
  After first having obtained a permit from the department, a licensee may obtain any number of game birds from any state game farm or...
• 183d-41 Game Birds When Exclusive Property.
  Game birds maintained upon enclosed land, upon which notice has been posted that the same is a game farm or upon any land or...
• 183d-42 Inspection of Private and Commercial Shooting Preserve and Game Farm.
  Any member of the board or an authorized representative may enter, at any time, upon any private and commercial shooting preserve or game farm...

PART IV. GAME MAMMALS

• 183d-51 Game Mammals Defined; Exception.
  (a) For the purposes of enforcing the wildlife laws of the State the following named mammals are hereby designated as game mammals when living...
• 183d-52 Interisland Transportation and Possession of Wild or Feral Deer Prohibited.
  No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possess, transfer, transport, or release after transport through interisland movement any live wild or feral deer unless...

PART V. WILD BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE

• 183d-61 Permits to Take Wild Birds, Game Birds, and Game Mammals.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this chapter, the department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91: (1) Authorizing the taking and collecting of...
• 183d-62 Taking, Injuring, or Destroying Wild Birds Prohibited.
  Except as provided in section 183D-61, no person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly take, catch, injure, kill, or destroy, or attempt to take, catch,...
• 183d-63 Keeping Wild Birds in Captivity Prohibited.
  Except as provided in section 183D-61, no person shall keep in captivity any wild bird unless the bird was lawfully imported into the State...
• 183d-64 Transportation of Wild Birds From the State Prohibited.
  No person shall transport or cause to be transported by any means any wild bird from any part of the State; provided that specimens...
• 183d-65 Posting; Destruction of Predators.
  (a) On any game management area, public hunting area, or forest reserve or other lands under the jurisdiction of the department, predators deemed harmful...

Last modified: October 27, 2016