Fee to fish?: Group sets public meetings to break down report on non-commercial fishing regulation

  • Roland Tanaka fishes on the seawall on Alii Drive. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today file photo)
  • Fishermen try to catch fish off the seawall on Alii Drive. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today file photo)
  • Kaina Lee watches his son Chevy fish in Milolii. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today file photo)
  • Rayden Duarte Kamoku fishes in Milolii. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today file photo)
  • Fishermen fish at Keauhou Bay (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today file photo)

KAILUA-KONA — Almost two years after Conservation International Hawaii and the Western Pacific Fishery Council released a feasibility study on a regulatory system for noncommercial fishing in Hawaii, contributors are touring the state to discuss it with the public.