<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Department of Land and Natural Resources</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">– <b>SAVING THE CORAL REEF</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Like the walls of a castle, the living reefs in the waters surrounding Hawaii protect our islands from massive erosion due to damaging ocean waves. Please appreciate, but do not touch the coral reef. So fragile are coral polyps that touching or brushing against them can kill large swaths of a colony.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Damage from careless human activity may take years to be repaired, or may never be fully restored. Our ocean corals and our reefs need our help and protection. <u><b>Damage to corals in Hawaii’s waters due to CARELESS ANCHORING AND CHAIN SCOURING is something usually out of sight and out of mind… but it does happen and way more often than is thought.</b></u> That’s why the Department of Land and Natural Resources suggests that our boaters make a conscious effort to make use of day use moorings to avoid damaging corals.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Simple measures like day use moorings can be employed to reduce human impact on the marine environment and help corals flourish so they may benefit our children and the generations to come. <u><b>Day use moorings are available on a first come, first served basis. If the day use mooring you are looking for is occupied, anchor in sand, DRIFT WHILE FISHING OR SNORKELING/DIVING, or use a boat brake.</b></u></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Day use moorings can only be used for <u><b>2.5 hours at a time when another vessel is waiting to give every vessel a chance to use one.</b></u> Please kokua and share the resources. This is our ocean, our kuleana, our Hawaii.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hawaii Administrative Rules pertaining to Day Use Moorings (HAR 257)</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Reference locations of Day Use Moorings (HTML)</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Locate a day-use mooring via Malama Kai Foundation</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="text-align: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div>Mahalo Nui Loa!</div><div>Captain Pononui Lealao</div><div>(808) 936-3444</div><div>Lealao Ocean Adventures, LLC. </div><div>*Manta Night Snorkel</div><div>*Dolphin, Reef or Kealakekua Bay Snorkel </div><div>*Whale Watch </div><div>*SeaCaves, Cliff Jumping or Coastline Snorkel</div><div>*Fishing Charters</div></div><b>Hawaiian Style!</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On Dec 12, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Jessica Pollock <<a href="mailto:jes.pollock@gmail.com">jes.pollock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><span>Ladies:</span><br><span>Emma. Lisa. Delaney.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Gents:</span><br><span>Otis. Grayer. Keniki. Sugar. Rusty. Hayden. Jordan. Capt mike. Vinny.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Deep campfire, super big sets. Plankton was a 2. Sand was a 5.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Neptune, big islandx3, coral reef, honu, sunlight, kdc, jacksx2, koax2, hang loose live boated, and probably a few others.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Anyone see any others?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Stay safe in the upcoming weather party!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Over and out.</span><br><span>Jess</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>MantaReport mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:MantaReport@listserv.mantapacific.org">MantaReport@listserv.mantapacific.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://listserv.mantapacific.org/mailman/listinfo/mantareport">http://listserv.mantapacific.org/mailman/listinfo/mantareport</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>