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Hawai’i Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – July 30, 2019 <br />GH: Ten years seems like a long time. At my age waiting ten years probably <br />means I probably not going be able to go down there anymore and for a <br />young child growing up in that area who had previously gone fishing and <br />shoreline fishing and hand pole and throw net in that area – ten years means <br />they’re gonna become and adult and never be able to go back there again. <br /> <br />JK: Yes. <br /> <br />GH: Thank you. <br /> <br />TN: All of that was said at all the meeting and the people that ran the meeting <br />didn’t want it – they didn’t want to hear that recreational fishing should be <br />allowed. They just wanted to close it off to us no matter how hard we spoke, <br />how hard we wanted to negotiate, the people of Kaupulehu didn’t want to <br />hear it. So we did not have a voice although we had a voice – and we spoke – <br />against a full ten year cause we couldn’t see a ten year ban going – and <br />you’ve heard it all and so it’s not everybody. It was just those group that did <br />not want any recreational fishing in that area cause we the public spoke and <br />they didn’t want it. <br /> <br />JK: Yes. And you’ve seen on the public hearings – you’ve seen how much of the <br />people that were for that ten-year. <br /> <br />TN: They were bussed in from Waimea – to me – this is just my personal opinion <br />– I think they were bribed and they were, you know, said otherwise because <br />we the fishermen of that area didn’t want ten years – we could see two years <br />– we could see three years – we wanted to negotiate but they wouldn’t hear it <br />– they wanted ten years. They didn’t want to see us fishermen down there. <br /> <br />BKK: Teresa? Do you have a question? <br /> <br />TN: No, I, I’m just stating that, you know, it was. How can I say that – it wasn’t an <br />even playing ground field for us fishermen. We feel we were stacked and it <br />was done in such a way, you know, although we voiced ourselves we weren’t <br />being heard. <br /> <br />BKK: Anybody have any question? <br /> <br />GH: Yes, John do you have any evidence that recreational shoreline fishing has a <br />negative impact? Again – that’s properly managed, yeah? <br /> <br />JK: No... <br /> <br />GH: Thank you... <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />