Haw. Code R. § 13-124-2
As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:
"Agriculture" means the production of crops which are planted, cultivated, and harvested for food, ornamental, grazing, cultural, medicinal or forest purposes.
"Aquaculture" means the farming or ranching of aquatic life in a controlled salt, brackish, or fresh water environment; provided that the farm or ranch is on or directly adjacent to land.
"Board" means the board of land and natural resources.
"Crops" means a plant or animal or product thereof that can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence.
"Cultural use" means use for traditional native Hawaiian practices.
"Department" means the department of land and natural resources.
"Domestic animal" means any of various animals which have been domesticated by humans in a condition mainly dependent on humans.
"Endangered wildlife" means any species, subspecies, or population of wildlife that has been officially listed by the federal government as endangered and any species, subspecies, or population of indigenous wildlife listed in, but not limited to the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 2, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Endangered Wildlife in Hawaii 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by reference.
"Export" means shipment to any point outside the State.
"Feral" means having escaped or been released from domestication and reverted to a wild state.
"Game birds" means those birds designated by statute or rule for hunting.
"Game mammals" means those mammals designated by statute or rule for hunting.
"Indigenous wildlife" means any species or subspecies of animal, including migratory forms, occurring or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought to Hawaii by humans and listed in, but not limited to, the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 1, Chapter 13-124, Indigenous Wildlife of Hawaii, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by reference.
"Injurious wildlife" means any species or subspecies of animal which is known to be harmful to agriculture, aquaculture, indigenous wildlife or plants, or constitute a nuisance or health hazard and is listed in the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 5, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Injurious Wildlife in Hawaii, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by reference; and as established and designated by the board as injurious wildlife.
"Introduce" means an act of releasing wildlife into a habitat to which it is not indigenous.
"Introduced wild birds" means any non-domesticated species of birds introduced or imported to Hawaii by humans and living in a wild state other than game birds, including, but not limited to, species listed in the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 4, Chapter 13-124, Introduced Wild Birds Other Than Game Birds Which Have Become Established in the Wild, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by reference.
"Introduced wildlife" means any wildlife introduced or imported to Hawaii by humans.
"Non-domesticated animal" means any of various animals that have not been domesticated by humans and that are in a condition mainly independent of humans.
"Plant" means any member of the plant kingdom, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof.
"Release" means to free an animal from confinement or restraint.
"Take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, possess, or collect endangered or threatened species of wildlife, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
"Threatened wildlife" means any species, subspecies, or population of wildlife that has been officially listed by the federal government as threatened and any species, subspecies, or population of indigenous wildlife listed in, but not limited to, the exhibit entitled "Exhibit 3, Chapter 13-124, List of Species of Threatened Wildlife in Hawaii, 11/1/14" and as updated, which is located at the end of this chapter and incorporated by reference.
"Wildlife" means any member of any non-domesticated species of the animal kingdom, and game mammals and game birds living in a wild and non-domesticated state, whether reared in captivity or not, including any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof.
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