2019 06-25 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 25, 2019 TN: The court order mandates so... They can eradicate. But for us hunter to control population? IC: I’m not saying it’s perfect, I’m just saying that’s... TN: How can we change that? IC: You have to put that as a question and look into it... BKK: This is one of those 42 steps? TN: How do we shorten the 42 steps... We don’t want to go through the 42 steps but how can we change – if it’s by court order to do eradication – do we have go court order to do lessen the 42 steps? GH: I kind of agree that there is a philosophical huge difference between using game management as a positive source to improve the ecosystem versus the philosophical difference or rules and regulations and laws that focus on eradication and fencing and I do think that that bridge with that divide has to be shortened by some sort of legal intervention as part of this game management plan. I don’t think we’ll ever get there if we don’t address the legal side of things. KU: I’d like to see an EA study done, you know, especially on Mauna Kea... BKK: I think the EA was on the – in the last game management plan that was produced in 2010. But I might be wrong on that. Oh, we can read the big book... MC: I have to say this – mentioned to you – I mentioned about taking animal counts, animal numbers like that and the reply we got was kinda like it’s a joke – who’s gonna take these counts – it’s kinda like not important – what I got off of your response. To make this whole system work that is one of the most important things for game management is looking at the numbers of game – cause if you’re not gonna manage the amount of game and be like who’s gonna count it – and just let ‘em run wild – this will never work. So you gotta, you gotta keep track of numbers – that is one of the most important things – that’s why it’s called game management so you can keep track of everything that’s going on – if not, it will get out of balance and out of whack. BKK: It’s a good discussion but I want to keep this thing moving a little bit more, um, so, is there... 27