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Witnesses urge restoring nighttime spearfishing restrictions as committee advances coral restoration bill with delay to Holomua start date
Summary
Testimony from UH students, the Ocean Legislative Task Force, and reef groups urged restoring a prior HD1 amendment that would have temporarily banned nighttime spearing of uhu and kala; the committee advanced SB2972 but moved the Holomua Marine Initiative start date to July 1, 2027.
Senate Bill 2972, SD1, HD1, which requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to begin the Holomua Marine Initiative process for Oʻahu, drew testimony urging immediate interim protections for herbivorous reef fish.
Frederick Smith, a graduate student at UH Hilo living in Kealakekua Bay, opposed the HD1 version because it removed an earlier…
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