SHORT-TAIL RED SNAPPER

or YELLOWSTRIPED RED SNAPPER  ‘ehu

LONGTAIL RED SNAPPER

or RUBY SNAPPER    onaga

PINK SNAPPER    ‘ōpakapaka

LAVENDER or SIEBOLD'S SNAPPER  kalekale

BANDED SNAPPER    gindai

 SILVERJAW SNAPPER or RUSTY JOBFISH     lehi

HAWAIIAN GROUPER     hāpu‘u

Commercially-important bottomfishes that inhabit deep reefs from 200 to 1000 feet captured using handlines.  Hawaiian stocks are depleted due to overfishing, therefore seasonal closures have been implemented based on scientific recommendations.  See link below for more information:

http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/fishing_bottom.html