Hawaii HB2599 mandates the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enhance coral reef resilience around Oahu.

Hawaii HB2599 directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prioritize protecting, restoring, and maintaining ecosystem integrity in managing aquatic life and resources. The bill requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to set goals for substantially improving coral-reef resilience around Oahu and develop a framework to meet these goals, including annual reports to the legislature. The framework must consider water quality, herbivore biomass, fisheries, enforcement, coral restoration, and recreational-use impacts.

Hawaii HB2599 mandates the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enhance coral reef resilience around Oahu.

Hawaii HB2599 directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prioritize protecting, restoring, and maintaining ecosystem integrity in managing aquatic life and resources. The bill requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to set goals for substantially improving coral-reef resilience around Oahu and develop a framework to meet these goals, including annual reports to the legislature. The framework must consider water quality, herbivore biomass, fisheries, enforcement, coral restoration, and recreational-use impacts.