2019-03-19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes (Amended)

Home

Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – March 19, 2019 taking down the fish count – I know you’ve got your permits – this and that – but would your company go an extra mile and say perhaps monitor fish counts – monitor the qualities of the fish? KO: Well, that’s being discussed with the DOH right now. TN: I guess my question would be aligned with Nani and then we wanted to know what steps we’re taking from Department of Health for you folks to meet EPA standards to protect our shoreline. We’re an island. You know, when you take a look at the bigger picture the Island – we’re supposed to malama aina – malama kahakai – and so that’s a food resource along the shoreline – so what steps have you folks taken to communicate with the community around you so that a bridge can be built so they can have confidence in your state-of-the-art facility. I don’t understand what state-of- the-art is but if your facility keeps repeating in your presentations instead of the art – what does that mean – it means – is it supposed to be clean, renewable energy – no chemicals – to me – no chemicals whatsoever is in your plan, but apparently there is so these chemicals need to be disclosed, need to inform the public because these are lives... When I go down to the fishing areas I want to make sure that there’s no opala – there’s no poison – cause I’ll eat what I catch. So these people are eating what they caught. Is there poison in them? Do we know? If you cannot work with Department of Health to know what the water quality is, you have to work with DAR Division, which is part of Division of Aquatic Resources – where they have marine biologists that you folks could hire and see – what is the condition and quality of the shoreline in area of such as your plant. KO: I know they are looking into it and as far as the, the, the public – they are – we are going out – I’ve been to several meeting within the public – so... TN: I’m not talking about public hearing – public hearing... KO: I’m not saying public hearing… TN: I mean really going to the public and saying what are your concerns? How can we address this? How can we be good neighbors to the community around us? Cause that’s what you need to do. You know, you need to be good neighbors – have transparency and really do a do diligent with the community and say this is what happened – let me give you a tour of our plant – we’ve right the wrong so let me show you that right of the wrong. We have re-fixed the facility – we’ve trained our people – and if we are a state-of-the-art – that keeps repeating in your brochure – let them see that. 14