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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – February 11, 2020
<br />people – you’re letting the word out more – so you helping us out too, Jaerick,
<br />so, you know, as much as we can we try to help you too...
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<br />JMG: Thank you, I appreciate you guys giving us the opportunity.
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<br />AA: Since I been on this commission almost a year now – not yet, ah? So I’m still
<br />a rookie – I still learning how this whole process – so with that – you getting
<br />the word out and that was one of the main things from way back when is how
<br />to get more people from the public to come and bring their concerns so we
<br />know what to do – where to take it or whatever.
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<br />JMG: Everywhere I go...
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<br />AA: Good job. Keep it going..
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<br />JMG: ....I try to talk about GMAC because game management is the key to self-
<br />sustainability and, ah, you know, plenty people interested in that but they
<br />didn’t know about this...
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<br />AA: Yeah, lot of people, yeah, I agree with you. A lot of people just what is...
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<br />TN: Teresa, again – District 8, um Jaerick, could you talk about the Westpac
<br />Meeting that you had gone to that they had concerns about our marine
<br />species.
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<br />JMG: Yeah, I just went a few days ago over to Sally’s Luau House and there was a
<br />small boat meeting there with the Westpac, a lot of fishermen spoke about the
<br />ahi size, you know, a few, lot of guys catching 3 lbs ahis’ and, you know, not
<br />giving them the time to grow to get bigger for the market, yeah, because you
<br />really can’t sell 3 pound ahis’ in the market, you know that kind stuff....
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<br />AA: Yeah, so they selling them on the side of the road...
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<br />JMG: Yeah, so, you know, should have some kind of, well, at least to make it
<br />bigger, you know – maybe a five pound limit or something, you know what I
<br />mean, but also we got to become self-sustainable and if we allow these guys
<br />– cause you know what like I going be honest with you guys – DLNR does
<br />not do anything for us, you know, um, in the past few months we’ve – did walk
<br />from Pepeekeo to Keaukaha – we did find 19 dead turtles – 17 cross nets.
<br />We confiscated four shockers for the rivers, you know, these are the things
<br />that not us supposed to be doing, you know, like cousin Rickie said – the
<br />rivers are being illegally diverted and, um, what I do is before going up the
<br />rivers I usually just go on Google Earth, I get the name of the stream – I call
<br />CWRM Honolulu, DLNR to see if there’s any permits allowed for that river –
<br />for any diversion and they tell me no, that we’re breaking and busting
<br />everything that is not, you know. Shouldn’t be – the water must flow because
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