DiveMaven
Contributor
I just got back from nearly a month on Maui and made it out to Molokini about 4x once out of quarantine. On each visit I observed people fishing with either line or spears either at Reefs End or just around the corner at Reefs End or Ene Nue. On the last day of diving at Molokini I had the first experience In at least 200 dives at Molokini of unwinding and removing fishing line from coral heads at Reefs End.
There have been reports made, including photos, to DLNR yet nothing is done. The lack of respect that people have for this protected area is sickening, and honestly the next time I hear locals or residents complain about the “damage” from tour boats at Molokini, I’m going to loudly express that the tour boats do less damage than illegal fishing AND they actually do a service by keeping the illegal poachers away from the crater.
COVID has more victims than humans in Maui; now Molokini’s game fish are at risk of death as well.
There have been reports made, including photos, to DLNR yet nothing is done. The lack of respect that people have for this protected area is sickening, and honestly the next time I hear locals or residents complain about the “damage” from tour boats at Molokini, I’m going to loudly express that the tour boats do less damage than illegal fishing AND they actually do a service by keeping the illegal poachers away from the crater.
COVID has more victims than humans in Maui; now Molokini’s game fish are at risk of death as well.
