Coastlines for the main Hawaiian islands.

Source: USGS Digital Line Graphs, 1983 version.

History: Extracted by OSP staff from the 1983 1:24,000 USGS Digital Line Graphs.

Displays the locations of small boat harbors for the State of Hawaii, including harbors, marinas, wharfs, and basins used for recreation, fishing, charter boats, tour boats, yacht clubs, passenger ships, and other purposes.

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http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dobor/dobor-facilities/

The three nautical mile (3 nmi) limit refers to a traditional and now largely obsolete maritime boundary that defined a country's territorial waters, for the purposes of trade regulation and exclusivity, as extending as far as the reach of cannons fired from land. In its place, the Territorial Sea boundary at 12 nmi was established as the international norm by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Boundaries of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS). Created by Congress in 1992 to protect humpback whales and their habitat in Hawaii. The sanctuary lies within the shallow (less than 600 feet), warm waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands and constitutes one of the world's most important humpback whale habitats. Through education, outreach, research and resource protection activities, the sanctuary strives to protect humpback whales and their habitat in Hawaii.

Watershed boundaries for the eight main Hawaiian Islands, generated by the State of Hawaii Office of Planning in Arc/Info and GRID using USGS DEM data.

Boundaries of marine explosives dumping zones for the State of Hawaii as recorded on NOAA nautical charts. Regulations for ocean dumping sites are contained in Title 40 ("Protection of Environment), Subchapter H ("Ocean Dumping"), Parts 220-229 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 220-229).

Boundary of a marine explosive dumping area that is no longer used by the State of Hawaii as recorded on NOAA nautical charts. Regulations for ocean dumping sites are contained in Title 40 ("Protection of Environment), Subchapter H ("Ocean Dumping"), Parts 220-229 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 220-229).

Boundaries of fish replenishment areas (FRA) along the leeward (west) coast of Big Island in Hawaii. In order to replenish populations of heavily collected aquatic species, a network of FRAs comprising 35% of the coastline were established by the State of Hawaii in 1999 through the West Hawaii Regional Fisheries Management Area (FMA), administered by Hawaii's Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR). Though fishing is permitted (with some restrictions on lay net fishing), aquarium collecting is prohibited in these areas.

Boundary of the marine portions of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve for the island of Kahoolawe in Hawaii. Beginning in World War II, Kahoolawe was used as a training ground and bombing range by the U.S. military. After decades of protests, the Navy ended live-fire training in 1990 and the island was transferred to the State of Hawaii in 1994. The state legislature established the Kahoolawe Island Reserve to restore and oversee the island and its surrounding waters. Today, Kahoolawe can be used only for native Hawaiian cultural, spiritual, and subsistence purposes.

Boundary of the marine portion of the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve. The statewide Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) was established to preserve areas that support communities of the natural flora and fauna of Hawaii and is administered by Hawaii's Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). Located off the southwest coast of Maui, Ahihi-Kinau was the first designated reserve in 1973. Unlike other NARs, it includes a marine component. The surrounding coral reef systems shelter a complex assemblage of organisms, most of them endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago.