2019 07-30 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawai’i Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 30, 2019 TN: Do you see recovery? JK: Yes, I see and then they took the team out maybe around six months ago and took ‘em to all the different areas to go snorkel and you see...the schools of fish. TN: You see the schools... There is an abundance. JK: Yes, you see schools of fish, you see the walls covered with opihi, you know, you see all that and you see the fish – the tails – their feeding... TN: So that means they’ve already recovered – the fish species are recovering and is it necessary in you folks management talk story that you folks have in your meetings that it won’t take ten years for a full recovery. JK: Well that’s all part of this conservation action plan – what is monitored, what is found and what is observed and that’s what the team is working on. TN: So who’s part of the initial group right now at these meetings? JK: A lot of it is all the community members of the initial group that developed... TN: Is OHA involved, Bishop Estate? JK: Bishop Estate is there, OHA is there… TN: Wayne Tanaka JK: Wayne Tanaka. So he’s a big, big part in the conservation plan. TN: Thank you. NP: So you’re saying you’re gonna do this “Try Wait” program in Milolii – you were saying Milolii... They’re talking about Milolii? JK: Well, it’s they – it’s not a “Try Wait” it’s Milolii – they have another – each community is gonna develop their own plan – maybe not a “No Take” for – a “Try Wait” area for ten years but more about maybe a different bag limits – size limits and different species. So, yeah... NP: Great. Milolii – that’s a fishing village... And the community is very strong. Do you have their support in there? 8