2019-04-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2019 there better be a criteria for that and that is what’s wrong with all of this – at every level – Board of Land and Natural Resources, DAR, at every level, NARS, right? They have a traditional customary practices. When we started pushing this they started to shove people to cover the puka – these guys are not qualified – so who writes the books for qualification? Who does that? The very people that \[sound like cheaps or cheats\] the State of Hawaii without a game management plan. Any questions? KU: When you said native Hawaiians for their gathering and cultural and spiritual rights – would that include people that were born and raised here or is it just exclusive to the Hawaiian... NP: Well, that’s why you have to read your Article 12, Section 7. It is a law now – it’s a State Constituion Law – it’s not a rule, it’s not a regulation. And this is what it says – where did it go – I’ll repeat it again – so anytime that you have any problems with how this law is used – just pull that out – I’m gonna pull it up right now. It says, Article 12, Section 7 – OK... TN: Although the constitutional rights states native Hawaiian it doesn’t mean any other nationality cannot abide by those laws cause it’s our constitution. NP: Right... TN: Because it protects native Hawaiians it also protects the rest of us that want to exercise our gathering rights... T: There’s a difference – let me define that, OK? There’s a right for native Hawaiian and there is the law for conserving your resources – where you can participate in that – you have to abide by the rules and regulations that are brought up to you by the State of Hawaii Legislators but this law – it was a constitution in 1978 that specifically says the State will affirm – oh, my gosh – reaffirms and shall – can somebody pull it up – somehow this is not... I’m sorry – this is important – this is really important – Article 12, Section 7, is misunderstood. The \[unclear\], yeah, I’m sorry. Oh, here it is, OK, I’ll read it. The State reaffirms and shall protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes and possessed by ahupuaa tenants who are descendents of native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Island prior to 1778. I think that’s very, very specific. So, one of the things that we were going to work on to help our hunters and fishermen and we can adopt you can go with us – you know what I mean – is the fact that you allow a Hawaiian their exemptions – why is the State of Hawaii allowing our native Hawaiians just like the Native Americans to have exemptions. Now if you – if you had a game management plan like all the other states have they include that to their game management plan – is the fact that Native 13