The three-day Admission Day holiday weekend has been historically a quiet one for boaters partying at Kaneohe Bay’s Ahu o Laka sandbar.

Last weekend was no exception, and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources reported no one was cited for violations of the emergency rules that took effect at the end of June that prohibited alcohol, drugs and disorderly conduct on the popular sandbar in Kaneohe Bay during three-day holiday weekends. Those rules were put into effect after recent fights and other violent incidents there.

Deborah Ward, DLNR spokeswoman, said people on about 50 boats spent the weekend partying at various times at the sandbar, about a mile from Heeia Kea Small Boat Harbor.

On Aug. 19 the Land Board’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement boarded 30 vessels and issued four warnings for safety violations. State law enforcement officials reported there were about three dozen people on no more than 12 boats at the sandbar that day.

The next day, officials boarded 32 vessels and issued four citations for various offenses, ranging from expired safety stickers to expired ramp decals. Nearly 20 boats were reported at the sandbar on Saturday.

On Sunday, 19 warnings for offenses, including reminders of no speeding in the designated emergency zone, were issued. Twenty-three vessels were boarded and inspected.

Under the temporary "emergency" rules in effect during three-day weekends for four months through October, alcohol and drug use are prohibited at the sandbar and in a "safety zone" around the most popular portion of the sandbar. Disorderly conduct is also prohibited, and people are not allowed to enter the zone while intoxicated.

Emergency rules were issued as a stopgap measure after Nelden Torres, 26, died following a fight at the small-boat harbor during Memorial Day weekend. More than 200 boats and 500 people gathered at the sandbar that weekend, and DLNR security personnel said they broke up numerous fights.

During Fourth of July weekend, law enforcement officers from the state Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement issued three citations for violation of the 120-day emergency rule.

An administrative hearing was held before the state Land Board on Aug. 12, and two people were fined $50 each. The third person was fined $200. No request for a contested-case hearing was made to the board.

No changes are planned to the emergency rule, which will be in effect for the Labor Day weekend, Ward said.