2020-02-11 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 11, 2020 because of the fishing problems – it’s because the people with the money don’t want to see the local fishermen in front of their homes, you know, so I got – I kicked myself into gear and I started attending all these fishing meetings to see what kind of data they’ve been gathering and stuff like that and these meetings weren’t meetings where you could ask questions – right, Auntie Teresa? Aw... TN: Yes, you’re right... JMG: We both... Yeah... TN: Yes, you’re right, this is Teresa. JMG: This is where I first met Teresa and we spoke there and they weren’t there to answer our questions but they were there to gather data like our names, who came to the meetings, and the questions that we were trying to ask – they wanted us to write it down to make it look like that they were gathering data, yeah, and so I had no part in that. Once me and Teresa spoke at that meeting on the way out I took the sign-up sheet, right, because without the names nobody was at that meeting, right, so, I did the same thing the next night over in Hilo because it was just a scam, right, these guys not there for gather data – when we went ask the question – what kind of fish swim at night – they didn’t have an answer – so that tell me that they’re investigating and their research gathering really didn’t include 24 hours of looking into one fishing area. It was all about doing it daytime, you know, and a lot of shoreline fish – night time fish – has a lot to do with maintaining the shoreline, you know, so the fishermen didn’t understand what I was trying to do when I tried to create this management plan and a management plan was put into gear and they were kind of mad because I was asking them for the information on what happens on their fishing trip, yeah? On the shoreline and they didn’t want to give that information but when I explained to them why we gotta do this and today – they more than happy to log it down. Why? Because we really had eliminate DLNR from coming on our shoreline. We that’s in a gated community and before really making a move on this, ah, I went to DLNR to ask them for help to help me talk to the squatters that was living on the shoreline in Pepeekeo, and, their response to me was that’s not our jurisdiction – you’re on your own. And I said, oh, you know, oh, makes sense, it is the county shoreline – so I held them to their word and now when they call me for the combination to get on the shoreline through my gate – that’s not their jurisdiction. You guys want to get out there? There’s an easier way to do it – go back to Hilo – jump on your jet ski drive around and do not pass the high tide mark – leaving my fishermen happy on the shoreline – \[unclear\] open the coolers for anybody over – but they all do practice kapu aloha – they all do practice aloha aina – malama aina – they all do that because it’s working, yeah? We monitor who’s there – if you have a vehicle – you normally get a sticker as a fisherman so that the community know that you’re part of 22