The state Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved Hawaii's first ever Community Based Fisheries Subsistence Area (CBSFA) located on Kauai's north shore community of Ha'ena. With the goal of creating a sustainable resource, this historical decision will regulate fishing using traditional Hawaiian methods. This CBSFA may serve as a model to be applied to the rest of the Hawaii.
The DLNR describes the rules in regulatiions in further detail on their website:
"The Ha‘ena CBSFA includes State waters within the Ha‘ena ahupua‘a from the shoreline out to one mile. The proposed rules would limit the type of fishing gear and methods that may be used, prohibit the harvest of marine life for commercial purposes, set new daily take and possession limits for certain species, and establish the Makua Pu‘uhonua (marine refuge) as a “no entry” sub-zone."