General Info
County history coming soon!
CITIES
Cities In County
Not including unincorporated communities
Anahola
Eleele
Hanalei
Hanamaulu
Hanapepe
Kalaheo
Kalihiwai
Kapa’a
Kaumakani
Kekaha
Kilauea
Koloa
Lawai
Lihue
Omao
Pakala Village
Poipu
Princeville
Puhi
Puuwai — the only community on Niihau
Wailua
Wailuā Homesteads
Waimea
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
County Residential Services
A little bit of contact information for all purpose residential needs.
Office of the Mayor
Mayor’s Office: (808) 241-4900
Public Information Office: (808) 241-4909
Life’s Choices Kauai: (808) 241-4925
EEO Officer/ADA Coordinator: (808) 241-6203 (V/TTY)
Office Of The County Clerk
Council Services: (808) 241-4188
Elections Division: (808) 241-4800
Office of the County Auditor: (808) 241-4177
Departments
Civil Defense Agency: (808) 241-1800
County Attorney: (808) 241-4930
Finance Department: (808) 241-4200
Administration: (808) 241-4200
Information Technology Division: (808) 241-4400
Purchasing Division: (808) 241-4288
Real Property Assessment: (808) 241-4224
Real Property Collections: (808) 241-4272
Finance – Treasury Division
Driver Licensing: (808) 241-4242
Motor Vehicle Registration: (808) 241-4256
Fire Department: (808) 241-4980
Liquor Department: (808) 241-4966
Agency on Elderly Affairs: (808) 241-4470
Housing Development: (808) 241-4444
Section 8: (808) 241-4440
Transportation Agency: (808) 246-8110
Office Of Economic Development: (808) 241-4946
Parks & Recreation Administration: (808) 241-4460
Golf: (808) 241-6666
Personnel Services: (808) 241-4956
Planning Department: (808) 241-4050
Prosecuting Attorney: (808) 241-1888
Public Works
Administration / Fiscal: (808) 241-4992
Automotive Division: (808) 241-6625
Building Division: (808) 241-4854
Engineering Division: (808) 241-4883
Engineering – Flood Review: (808) 241-4890
Engineering – Design & Permitting: (808) 241-4889
Recycling Programs: (808) 241-4837
Roads / Highways Maintenance / Construction Division: (808) 241-4847
Administration / Operations: (808) 241-4845
Technical / Research: (808) 241-4873
Projects / Resurfacing: (808) 241-4844
Solid Waste Division: (808) 241-4839
Wastewater Management Division: (808) 241-4082
County Website
*For more information visit: http://www.kauai.gov/
HUNTING
Hunting Seasons
For more information visit:
| Unit | Game Mammals to be taken | Permitted Hunting Methods | Limits | Open Hunting Periods | Open Hunting Days | Special Conditions and Restrictions | |
| A | Wild Pigs | Rifles, muzzleleaders or bows and arrows | 1/day | Feb.-June | Sat, Sun, and State Holidays | Dogs not permitted. | |
| Those methods prescribed by the prevailing goat or deer season in progress in Unit A at the time. | Fifteen weekends: mid-July through the last full weekend of October. See annual goat and deer season instructions for specific hunting days. | Sat. & Sun. only | Dogs not permitted. Limited to goat or deer hunters with valid goat or deer tags on their assigned weekend. | ||||
| Wild goats | Muzzleloaders only. | 1/tag | Eight consecutive weekends: mid-July through mid-September. | Sat. & Sun. Only | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| Black-tailed deer | Muzzleloader season: muzzleloaders only. | 1 antlered buck per hunter per year | One weekend: The seventh weekend before the last full weekend in October | Sat. and Sun. only | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| Rifle season: rifles, muzzleloaders, or bow and arrows are permitted. | Six consecutive weekends, including and preceding the last full weekend in October. | Dogs not permitted. | |||||
| B | Wild Pigs | Those methods prescribed by the prevailing goat season in progress in Unit B at the time. | 1/day | Eight consecutive weekends: mid-July through mid-September. | Sat. and Sun. only | Dogs not permitted. | |
| Rifles, muzzleloaders, handguns and bow and arrows. | Seven weekends before the last full weekend of October through February. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays | Dogs are permitted | ||||
| Wild Goats | Rifles, muzzleloaders of bow and arrows. | 1/tag | Eight consecutive weekends: Mid-July through mid-September. | Sat. and Sun. only | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| C | Wild pigs | Rifles, muzzleloaders, handguns, bow and arrows, or dogs and knives. | 1/day | Year round | Sat. Sun. Mon. and State holidays. | Dogs are permitted. | |
| Wild goats | No limit. | ||||||
| D | Wild pigs | Bow and arrows or dog and knife only. | 1/day | Sept.-Nov. and Feb.-April. | Sat. & Sun. and State Holidays | Dogs are permitted. | |
| E | Wild Pigs | Rifles, muzzleloaders, handguns, bow and arrows, or dogs and knives. | 1/day | Year-round | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays | Dogs are pemitted. | |
| Wild Goats | Rifles, muzzleloaders, or bow and arrows. | 1/tag | Eight consevutive weekends: Mid-July through Mid-September. | Sat. and Sun. only | Dogs are not permitted. | ||
| F | Wild Pigs | Bow and arrows or dogs and knives only. | 1/day | Dec. through June | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs are permitted. | |
| Wild Pigs and Wild goats | Bow and arrows only. | 1 pig and 1 goat/day | July through Nov. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| Black-tailed deer | Bow and arrows only. | One antlered buck per year. | Mid-September through November. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| G | Wild pigs and wild goats | Archery area: bow and arrows only. | No limit | Year-round | Daily-three day permits. | Dogs not permitted. | |
| H | Wild pigs | Those methods prescribed by the prevailing goat or deer season in progress in Unit H at the time. | 1/day | Fifteen full weekends: Mid-July through the last full weekend of October. | Sat. and Sun. only. | Dogs not permitted. | |
| Rifles, muzzleloaders or bow and arrows. | November through June. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs are permitted. | ||||
| Wild goats | Rifles, muzzleloaders or bow and arrows.
Muzzleloaders only (Muzzleloader Season) |
1/tag
One antlered buck/year |
Eight consecutive weekends: Mid-July thought Mid-September.
One weekend: The seventh full weekend proceeding the last full weekend of October. |
Sat. and Sun. only.
Sat. and Sun. only. |
Dogs not permitted. | ||
| Black-tailed deer | |||||||
| Rifles, muzzleloaders or bow and arrows. | Six consecutive weekends: including and preceding the last full weekend of October. | ||||||
| J | Wild pigs | Archery only. | 1/day | Feb. through June. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs not permitted. | |
| Mid-September through November. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | ||||||
| Black-tailed deer | Archery only. | One deer of either sex/year. | Mid-September through November. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs not permitted. | ||
| K | Wild pigs and wild goats | Archery only. | One pig and one goat/day | July though November. | Sat., Sun. and State Holidays. | Dogs not permitted. | |
| Black-tailed deer | One deer of either sex/year | Mid-September through November. | |||||
| N1 | Wild pigs and wild goats | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | Entry permit required from Oahu NARS Manager. Hunters must be accompanied by a staff member of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife. | |
| N2 | Wild pigs and wild goats. | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | TBD in special hunts. | Entry permit required from Oahu NARS Manager. Hunters must be accompanied by a staff member of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife. |
FISHING
Fishing Seasons
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| Species | Season | Minimum Size | Bag Limit |
| Ahi | Open | 3 lbs. | |
| Aholehole | Open | 5” | |
| Ama’ama | Closed (Dec.-Mar.) | 11” | |
| Awa | Open | 9” | |
| Moi | Closed (Jun.-Aug.) | 11” | |
| ‘O’io | Open | 14” | |
| Uhu | Open | 12” | |
| Ulua & papio | Open | 10” | |
| Kumu | Open | 10” | |
| Moano | Open | 7” | |
| Moano kea | Open | 12” | |
| Munu | Open | 8” | |
| Weke(a) & ‘oama | Open | 7” | |
| Weke nono | Open | 12” | |
| All other goatfishes | Open | 8” | |
| Kala | Open | 14” | |
| ‘Opelu kala | Open | 16” | |
| Manini | Open | 5” | |
| Uku | Open | 1 lb. | |
| Deep 7 Bottomfish | Closed when announced | 1 lb. | |
| Akule & halalu | Open | Unlawful to take akule under 8.5” with net during Jul-Oct; or possesses or sell more than 200lbs of akule less than 8.5” per day during Jul-Oct. | |
| ‘Opelu | Open | ||
| Nehu | Open | ||
| ‘Iao | Open | ||
| Honu | None | No open season. Federal laws also apply to these threatened and endangered species. | |
| ‘Ilioholoikauana | None | Unlawful to molest, kill, capture or possess at any time/ Federal laws also apply to these threatened and endangered species. | |
| Ula | Closed (May-Aug.) | 3.25” (carapace length) | No spearing. Whole only, not mutilated. No taking or killing females. |
| Ula papapa | Closed (May-Aug.) | 2.75”(tail width) | No spearing. Whole only, not mutilated. No taking with eggs. No selling or holding for sale with eggs. |
| Kona crab | Closed (May-Aug.) | 4”(carapace length) | No spearing. No taking or killing females. |
| Kuahonu crab | Open | 4”(long or wide)(sale) | No spearing. No taking or killing females. |
| Samoan crab | Open | 6”(width across back) | No spearing. No taking or killing females. |
| He’e | Open | 1 lb. | None |
| ‘Opihi | Open | 1.25(shell), 0.5” (meat) | None |
| Clams, oysters and other mollusks | Closed | Taking prohibited | None |
| Sea cucumbers | Commercial consumptive take and sale: prohibited.
Personal use: limited to 10 per person per day. Aquarium purposes: tiger tail (Holothuria hilla) and hot dog (H. edulis) sea cucumbers may be taken (from O’ahu water only), possessed or sold; bag limit 20 per person per day, until a catch limit of 3,600 animals per year is reached. |
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| Largemouth bass | Open | 9” catch and release only in Wahiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res. | 10 (total lg & smmouth) Catch and releas only in Wahiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res. PFA |
| Smallmouth bass | Open | 9” catch and release only in Wahiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res. | 10 (total lg & smmouth) Catch and releas only in Wahiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res. PFA |
| Channel catfish | Open | None | 3 |
| Rainbow trout | Restricted (Koke’e and Kauai only) | None (may differ for Koke’e Kaua’I as announced. | 7 May differ for Koke’e, Kaua’I, as announced |
| Tucunare | Open | 12” Catch and release only in Wakiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res, | 3 Catch and release only in Wahiawa PFA. Special provisions for Wailua Res. PFA |
| Oscar | Open | 10” Special provisions for Wahiawa PFA | 3 Special provisions for Wahiawa PFA |
| Bluegill sunfish | Open | None. Special provisions for Wailua Res. | None. Special provisions for Wahiawa PFA |
| ‘O’opu & hinana | Open | Restrictions: Use of traps, weirs and nets (except thrownets) prohibited. Posession of nets (except thrownets) near waters where ‘o’opu or hinana may be taken prohibited. Sale of ‘o’opu or hinana prohibited. | |
| Hihiwai, hapawai, & ‘opae kala’ole | Open | Restrictions: Unlawful to sell or offer for sale | |
