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Hawai’i Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – July 30, 2019 <br /> <br />JK: Yes. Hookena they want to start a Makai Watch program. I don’t know if you <br />guys are familiar with the Makai Watch. Makai Watch is a volunteer program <br />with the community there – they educate and the public that comes to the <br />shoreline and they’re the eyes and ears of DLNR enforcement. So they do the <br />observations – they take down all the information that’s going to help with the <br />investigation. <br /> <br />TN: Is Makai Watch still funded by Sea Grant? <br /> <br />JK: That I don’t know. <br /> <br />TN: Is it DAR division still? DAR division or Sea Grant. <br /> <br />JK: No, it’s – Makai Watch – the program – is sanctioned by the Division of <br />Conservation and – our resource enforcement – the game one... <br /> <br />?: \[Not speaking in mic\] <br /> <br />JK: Yes. It’s run by DOCARE. And they train the volunteers and it’s a – and they <br />do the training – it’s sixteen hours a month requirement and it’s all just <br />volunteer so what’s our goal is to have a paid – some kind of paid coordinator <br />for Makai Watch. Right now – on Hawaii Island we have two established <br />Makai Watch programs. One in Puako and another at Kaupulehu and so <br />that’s what’s the Makai Watch program because the Makai Watch program – <br />especially in Kaupulehu – they train all of the workers there – we provide the <br />training for them to report possible violation – possible boats that’s in the area <br />and they also educate the people when they come through their public access <br />areas. <br /> <br />GH: Hi, John, thank you so much for coming – <br /> <br /> On Kaupulehu – why was recreational shoreline fishing banned? And why <br />didn’t we go with more of a management style? <br /> <br />JK: Yes, that was all the all planned through the community. This is what the <br />community wanted. <br /> <br />GH: So the community did not want shoreline fishing there? <br /> <br />JK: Yes, even recreational tag and catch and release – they just wanted <br />everything stopped cause it’s just “Try Wait” just wait for ten years and then <br />we can go holoholo again. <br /> <br />TN: You know, I recall all the meetings... <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />