BRFAs Reopened in Hawaii: If You Open Them, Will They Come?

ocally harvested bottomfish are an important marine resource in Hawai‘i, not only economically, but also culturally and socially. The fishery comprises seven deep-water species—‘opakapaka, onaga, ehu, hapu‘upu‘u, kalekale, gindai and lehi—known as the Deep-Seven bottomfish complex. The primary federal management framework is through a quota-based system previously called total allowable catch, but more recently called annual catch limit in response to the Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization in 2006. The primary state management framework is through an