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If you have browsed through this site, you have noticed a lot of holes.
Please look at the Ke‘ehi Lagoon page to
review an example of a typical harbor page. The following explains how you
can help. Mahalo. I need your help.No, not money.On this website, I plan to keep up-to-date information about harbor conditions around the state. To do that I need your help. If you have a boat in one of the small boat harbors, use the boat facilities, or plan to boat in Hawai'i, then I need you to
Please indicate if you wish to be credited or remain anonymous. Problem lists may be edited for content and photos resized. Send Email to: WebSailor Informant ProtectionNo one wants to be an informant. The Harbor Agent probably already knows if your neighbors are living aboard illegally in harbors where liveaboards are allowed or not paying slip fees . But in many cases he/she refuses to take action. Request the Harbor Agents clean up the harbors.If you are concerned about reporting violators, the State Office of Information Practices issued Opinion 99-8 Re: Identities of Informants dated Nov. 29, 1999. The following is an extract from that letter. "ISSUE PRESENTED Whether the Department of Land and Natural Resources (“DLNR”) harbor staff must publicly disclose the names of persons reporting violations. BRIEF ANSWER No. Agencies are not required to disclose information which, if disclosed, would cause the frustration of a legitimate government function. Haw. Rev. Stat. §92F-13(3) (1993). Disclosure of the identities of informants would likely chill the DLNR’s ability to perform its function of investigating possible permit violations in the future because individuals will be less likely to come forward with information if they know their identities will be revealed to the alleged violators." Read the entire opinion at http://www.state.hi.us/oip/opinionletters/opinion%2099-08.pdf Email me with questions and comments. Mahalo, WebSailor Yahoo! Groups -> HawaiiBoatersOn Yahoo!, I've created a new group called HawaiiBoaters. It is unmoderated (nobody censors) and open to anyone who signs up for the Group. For those unfamiliar with Yahoo! Groups, messages sent to the Group are "re-broadcast" to everyone in the group. (You may opt for every message delivery or daily digest.)You may use either your regular email address or register for a free address with Yahoo! To join the free Yahoo Group called HawaiiBoaters you may either: Click to subscribe to HawaiiBoaters or send a blank email to: HawaiiBoaters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Don't forget to email your boating friends! |
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Webmasters - please link to this site and spread the word - let me know and
I'll reciprocate with a link to your site.
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