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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – October 24, 2016 EC: So... TN: ....out of the conservation area. EC: So there is – there has been data collected on rodent and mongoose movement in Hawaii in different habitats and situations – so there is some data to base on, you know, how far things have moved, um, and also how far things have moved if they’ve consumed bait. So there are some things like that and I think your concern is quite valid and that’s some of the data that’s used when EPA puts together a label for the use of any rodenticide – that’s part of what are the requirements that when, when things are put out the basis for those federal labels is to reduce risk to things – so that type of thing’s incorporated in them – we will be showing that type of information – but I want to go back to the, the gentleman’s statement prior to that because I think it’s really key – one of the things we want to do is to make sure that the data is out and available on what is the potential risk with pigs and, and, and, will things carry and, you know, what are the risks to hunters and I think that really needs to be part of what a manager sees when they make a decision on an individual action on lands – so that’s one of the key things that I, I think is particularly important and I think a key thing with this is – it’s going to – and I need to continue to emphasize it - it’s going to be the decision of the individual manager to utilize this tool box and basically the information on it to pick what tools are gonna be used in the site – we’re not telling people to use a specific tool – it’s going to be the land managers themselves on a case by case basis making the decision. We’re not gonna tell somebody you have to do “x” – that’s not the goal of this. We want to make sure that the managers on an annual basis have the right information to make the most sound decision and the safest decision. WJ: And then... TN: Tom? It’s Teresa. I have one more question. WJ: Go ahead... TN: Where does the public and the hunters and the fishermen and those that are affected by your tool box have a voice? EC: The next... TN: Not during this process – after this process is done and we as hunters and fishermen find out that the system they’re using is not working. Where is our voice? 24