Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2017 i Hawaii Fishing News

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■ The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council took initial action on a new proposed amendment to the American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) during its 171st meeting held in American Samoa. The new proposal addresses a 2017 decision by the Federal District Court for the District of Hawai‘i regarding an LVPA amendment recommended by the Council in 2015 and published as a final rule in 2016 by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The court held that the 2016 final rule failed to consider the American Samoa Instruments of Cession as “other applicable law” and that cultural fishing rights are protected by inference in the Instruments. The LVPA extends from 0 to 50 nautical miles (nm) from shore within the American Samoa archipelago and prohibits all commercial fishing…

Salvage operations After Hurricane Irma Continue in Florida Keys ■ A month after Hurricane Irma struck Florida, the BoatUS Catastrophe (“CAT”) Field Team was still hard at work. In Marathon’s Boot Key Harbor, salvage crews from TowBoatUS Marathon raised a sunken sailboat and navigational hazard off the harbor bottom. Since the CAT Team’s arrival in Florida the day after the storm struck, hundreds of recreational vessels have been recovered. After initially blanketing the state with BoatUS CAT Team crews traveling in recreational vehicles, recovery efforts are now focused on the Florida Keys where work is expected to be completed by the end of October. For a look at Hurricane Irma’s damage, go online to <http://goo.gl/5oJVpC>. About Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) Celebrating more than 50 years, BoatUS…

Hilo Trollers’ Labor Day Tournament ■ The Hilo Trollers ended their 2017 season with the two-day Labor Day Tournament on September 2 and 3. This event had to be cancelled the two previous seasons due to hurricanes, so it was good for the captains and crews to get out on the water and enjoy some friendly competition and good fishing. 2016 was a strong El Niño year, and more tropical storms are often predicted when the Pacific warm pool moves eastward and Hawai‘i has warmer waters. 2017 has been a La Niña year, and fewer storms are generally expected in our waters during this weather pattern. While the Labor Day Tournament is a two-day tournament, it counts as just one tournament and the awards are given at the annual awards…

■ My wife, Myrna, and I planned and prepared for the Island Shorecasters Tournament since mid-July, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to play this year. We spent time getting poles ready, reels filled and serviced, and thinking about where to fish. We planned the best we could, and the morning of the tournament finally arrived. I knew the tides would be rising and wanted to try Kualoa Beach Park. We got up early, loaded up the last few things we needed and headed out. We got to the gate and found it was still closed. We couldn’t do anything but drive on. We stopped at Ka‘a‘awa Beach Park. The water looked good, and Myrna wouldn’t be casting from the road. I told her. “Let’s stay here for a bit…

November 1 - Sunrise: 6:35 am, Sunset: 5:55 pm1 • November 15 - Sunrise: 6:42 am, Sunset: 5:49 pm • November 30 - Sunrise: 6:52 am, Sunset: 5:48 pm FISHING FADS CURRENT UPDATE Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology RECENTLY DEPLOYED S, BO, R, CK, EK, WK, D, E, G, FF, HS, XX, OT, A, SS, KH, K, SO, DD, Q, M, HO, MM, CC, AA, CO, DK, BB, KK, Z, HK, C, VV, RN,V, II, J, X, LL, U, HH, MISSING FADS MAUI NL, N, LA HAWAII F, ZZ OAHU - Kauai - DISCONTINUED: HAWAII QQ / for locations: www.himb.hawaii.edu/FADS CIGUATERA HAWAII FISHING NEWS (ISSN 0194-65IX) published monthly, HAWAII FISHING NEWS, 6650 Hawai‘i Kai Drive, Suite 201, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96825. Periodical postage paid at Honolulu, Hawai‘i. POSTMASTER: Send address changes…

■ The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, at the Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei, American Samoa, voted to undertake the following actions regarding American Samoa fisheries operating in federal waters (3 to 200 nautical miles offshore). American Samoa Marine Conservation Plan (MCP): The Council noted that the American Samoa MCP expires in mid-2018 and recommended that American Samoa Government (ASG) conduct meetings with relevant stakeholders to develop its new MCP before submitting it to the Council in early 2018. The MCP identifies fishery development projects to be funded from certain fines or fees received from fisheries in the US exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around American Samoa. Non-fishing Impacts on Fish Habitat: The Council will ask the ASG to consider which department should have permitting and enforcement authority for sand…

■ Recently my friend and I decided to go for an afternoon walk. My past couple of hunting trips were filled with misses that made me doubt a lot of things. Sure, misses are easy to make out in the field with all of the variables involved like wind, heart rate and even a simple misjudgment of distance; but there were a couple shots I made recently that ordinarily I thought I couldn’t miss. I began to doubt myself, my gun and even my luck. About a couple of miles into the hunt we stumbled upon a herd of deer, about 20 on the opposite hill, 200 yards away from where we were. They were all slowly walking along a game trail, all in line and almost nose to tail.…

Boating Rules Revised at Ramming Speed The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approved extensive amendments to state boating rules. Some boaters, including Rick Gaffney, president of the Hawaii Fishing and Boating Association, think the rules process sailed along like a Viking ship at ramming speed. “This extensive rule package contains modifications to multiple rule provisions that we have wanted to make for many years,” said Ed Underwood, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) administrator. Rick was not happy with DOBOR’s efforts and told “Splash!”: “Kona hearings showed only one or two people actually knew what was proposed in the 132 pages of changes, in part because DOBOR chose not [to] hold public meetings to get the mana‘o of the public first and in part because getting access…

■ It was Friday, July 21, the first day of the Trucker Dukes Whipping Tournament. My friend Branden Uekawa and I got to Kane‘ohe a little early, at about 5 a.m. We set up our poles and made our way down to the reef. It was still dark, so we decided to start throwing stick baits out. After about 20 minutes, I decided to throw a Mark White 11/2-oz white popper with red eyes because the water was really calm. I wanted to see if I could get a monster to bite. The gear I was using that day was an 11-foot Assassin spinning rod and a Diawa Saltiga 4000H reel spooled with 20-lb test J-Braid. My leader was 30-lb test fluorocarbon. On my fourth cast, as soon as the…

Aloha Chuck, My grandson Kaio Tsuchiya, age 12, caught a crab in an old style crab net I made with metal ring and suji at Waimea Landing on Oct. 3rd. The crab was full of meat and sweet and it was still very much alive and active. (I taught him how to hold it.) Mahalo, Val Tsuchiya Aloha, On 9/22/17 I caught a 9ft 70-lb sailfish on my Hobie revolution kayak outside Waianae. I hooked him in 300 feet of water and he took me on a Hawaiian slay ride. I landed him an hour later in 2,000 feet of water. He was too big to put in my kayak so I towed him back to the marina. Luckily no sharks bothered me. I then had to get him home.…

DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON FUTURE OF HONOLUA BAY AND LIPOA POINT TOPIC OF OPEN HOUSE ON NOV. 8 LAHAINA, MAUI -- The public is invited to provide input on the future of State lands at Honolua Bay and Lipoa Point at a community open house on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. The State of Hawai‘i acquired these lands in 2014, following a tremendous effort by the community, guided by the Save Honolua Coalition, the State’s political leaders and others to prevent development of the agricultural lands surrounding Honolua Bay. surrounding Honolua Bay. The open house, hosted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the West Maui Senior Center located at 788 Pauoa Street, Lahaina. The open house…

■ During my Navy stint in Pearl Harbor, I was assigned to the boat pool. My daytime duties were either repairing the diesel engines on harbor patrol boats at the dock or working in the shop overhauling those same diesel engines. After basic training in San Diego, the Navy had sent me to Machinists Mate School in Great Lakes, Michigan. There I was trained to repair not only diesel engines, but also the steam-driven turbine engines that powered all Naval ships. In the Navy we had to “stand” night watches at the harbor. The rotation for some sailors stationed at the base was watch duty every fourth evening. Having been assigned to the boat pool, we did our watches only on the night patrol boats. We patrolled Pearl Harbor’s three…

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■ Aloha, HFN. The last time I wrote you guys was back in 2015 after I caught my “grander” marlin solo out of Kane‘ohe. I still have people ask me about the fight and how I towed the fish home. I just wanted to share with you guys my first sailfish catch. I planned a holoholo trip with my nephew Jeremy Johnson and Uncle Willie Cabjuan on my boat, the Bonnie K. Our plan was to go to the west side for some akule fishing on Friday night and in the morning look for ‘opelu and try our luck at live-baiting them on the 40-fathom ledge by Kaena Point in hopes of catching an ono, shibi or mahimahi as a bonus. Fast forward: at about 9 a.m. we had about…

■ “So, what did you do kidtime?” This topic often came up when I spoke of my childhood days and of course now when I do my parent-talk with my daughters with the… “when I was your age”… bit. I was not the most daring member of the family growing up but I always enjoyed the excitement of going fishing. With minimal knowledge of the “how-tos” of fishing but with the ever-present youthful enthusiasm, I was always ready for a new experience. Many of my KIDTIME ADVENTURES centered around fish, fishing, the oceans and streams. The Elusive Hage Many a weekend was spent on a warm afternoon at the pier. A casual walk along the Nuuanu Stream towards the sea from our neighborhood led us to the harbor area and…