2020-02-11 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 11, 2020 they really didn’t hear anything about it or knew anything about it but they here cause they get concerns of their shorelines and their grounds where they hunt and stuff like that so I introduce them to this GMAC so that they know that there’s a place that they can tell their stories and ask for help in whatever way you guys’ commission GMAC could help them. So this is their first time – they might be a little nervous, but, um, at least they’re here today. AA: Yeah, thank you for coming. So continue... TA: So one of my concerns was just poison and knowing that my sister and – they created like a non-profit and they care – they manage the fish ponds around the area in Keaukaha and restoration is like a big part of it and now there’s fire ants so they tend to spray poison for fire ants like on the low tide – not knowing that when the tide does rise later on all the poison is going into the water and they say it’s a poison that, um, it’s supposed to go – whatever the ants take it back to the queen and then it’s supposed to not be able to reproduce more fire ants – so I was thinking it’s going into the water and it’s going into the fish ponds – what about the fish – are they gonna be like contaminated by the same poison that’s making the ant not to be able to reproduce – so is the fish – is it the same thing or? You know, so that’s one of the concerns and just like, the other thing is we got like – some of the county parks – a lot of ‘em they’re – the water for the showers is just going back into the ocean or going back right into the ground or just right into the pond and nobody really like cares about that and people are going over there and all their different soaps or whatever and it’s going into the water nowadays there’s a lot more people coming to the beach especially cause there’s no Pohoiki and whatever so it’s another big concern, you know, all the different soaps and stuff going into the water so that’s just one of my main concerns is – not just people over fishing or whatever they’re trying to make – but the things that are going into the water right in front of everybody’s eyes and nobody really notices, so... That’s just something I have to bring up cause I tried to go to the Health Department and nobody really cares about it so... Maybe if I bring it up in something like this it’s gonna help out, you know, in the future of fish or whatever it is – the opae or, you know, just the ocean things around us – being by the ocean my whole life and that’s about all I’ve got to say. JO: Question – James O’Keefe here District 3 – you said they’re spraying for fire ants. Who is doing the spraying? TA: I think it’s the Board of Health is spraying it. JO: The Board of Health... 2