LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Owners of a catamaran will have to pay the state $30,448.67 after the vessel ran aground in January.

It ran aground in the West Maui Marine Life Conservation District.

The State land board approved the settlement with Kapalua Kai Sailing Friday.

The fine was recommended by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) to compensate the state for damage to 36 specimens of stony coral and 48 square meters of live rock, the restoration of these marine resources, and the cost of the investigation.

The company’s 65-foot “Hula Girl” is operated out of Lahaina.

Accounts from the captain of the vessel indicate that the Hula Girl had moored overnight at a designated day-use mooring within Honolua Bay seeking shelter from rou

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