2019-04-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2019 game management plan. Are we gonna let that continue? Well, at the time the Board of Land and Natural Resources it was Bill Ayla – Chair – that stood on the opposite side of our hunters and fishermen saying their mandated to eradicate – they’re mandated to this, they’re mandated to do that. Well, if you’re mandated to do something without a game management plan then you will always have your problems. You have your Japanese brothers that are coming from Japan showing you how to take care of your pigs – it is not about trapping – it is about the laws that you don’t have in place. It is about the laws and rules and regulations that’s – that is allowed by our government and the Department of Land and Natural Resources who are enforcers - they’re not the managers – there’s a difference – enforcement / managing. Two different things. If you do not have laws that manage your resources we will always have this problem. To help our economy – to help our food resources – how can our hunters and fishermen and people that are ranchers use their resources if they don’t have opportunity to add value to their resources and their products. Add value? How do you do that? Game Management Plan – meaning you work with the Feds to be able to allow your food and resources – we only have two slaughter houses – you have to have your puaa come alive – you cannot have it tainted – you cannot have it bloody because it gets tested. Now all of these is not because we don’t have – we have an abundance of pigs – it’s because we don’t have a plan as to how we’re gonna manage our resources – our pigs, our fish – you going take from the ocean – this is our culture – then you should replace it. Hilo – is damaged. Our shoreline is damage. We have no fish. I should know – I fished when I was a little girl here in Hilo. I know where all the fishes are. They’re not there – we don’t have species anymore. Does the state think about replenishment plans? No, because East Hawaii is not designated a priority district – what does that mean? Monies and funding does not come to East Hawaii because we are not designated by the Feds and environmental special groups like Nature Conservancy – for resource protection – that is the reason why Pele Defense Fund worked with the hunters. Hoomu – you can use this verbiage that we stuck in there with Dominic to help our game management council home rule. You work closely with the hunters and fishermen – you should allow them to help you help them – manage it well. DLNR is enforcement. They’re not managers. That’s their job. And how are you going to do that if you don’t have a plan? Any questions? No questions for me? There’s a difference – there’s a difference with practitioner – there’s a difference between practitioners – you cannot just get one kumu hula just because they pound one ipu – anybody can do that. On the Board of Land and Natural Resources Mr. Sam Gong (sp?) I’m sorry – you need someone that understands what the practice is and that is usually handed down traditionally. Someone that actually practices the belief of Pele – someone that actually practices the belief of Kanaloa from the ocean – the person that actually practices in front of their shrines that has been doing that and know how to do that and they’re not just there entertaining. You can get anybody to do that. So there’s a difference. If you gonna find somebody to talk about and called a practitioner – they better be – 12