{"id":734875,"date":"2026-06-30T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/734875\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:20:31","slug":"kaupulehu-marine-reserve-reopening-postponed-keeping-no-taking-fishing-rules-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/734875\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka\u2019upulehu Marine Reserve reopening postponed keeping no-taking fishing rules in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A 3.6 mile stretch of the Kona coastline will remain closed to fishing until later this year even though the marine-protected area was eligible to reopen in July. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources Friday announced the reopening of Ka\u2019upulehu Marine Reserve was pushed back to allow more time to finalize a fisheries management plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The area has been closed to fishing since 2016 to help coral reefs and fish populations recover. Surveys show some food fish populations have increased by as much as 200% during the ten-year closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe want to make sure the gains from the \u2018Try Wait\u2019 period are preserved while also ensuring people are able to fish responsibly in this important place,\u201d DAR West Hawaii Aquatic Biologist Chris Teague said in a press release. \u201cIt\u2019s important to take the necessary time to collaborate with our partners on the best management tools to achieve those goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Ka\u2019upulehu Marine Reserve covers Kikaua Point to Kalaemano and extends from the shoreline to a depth of 120 feet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cNo take\u201d rules for the area will remain in place until the new fisheries management plan is approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Hawaii News Now. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A 3.6 mile stretch of the Kona coastline will remain closed to fishing until later&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-734875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}