2015-09-21 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes-September 21, 2015 e. Mayor's support for Outdoors Promotion, hunting, hiking, fishing awareness and participation; Venue Options include Trap and Skeet, Hakalau (Hunting, Fishing, Farming - Lease), Family Hunting Fishing Days around the Island. Mayor is supportive and shared that there is funds in Parks and Recreation for these activities, Chair Tom will contact the Director of P&R. f. Pohakuloa Public Participation Animal Removal and Recovery Efforts - Report by Ryan Kohatsu The volunteer removal project for the fence units are moving forward. We drew the participants and the list is out on our Hawaii Sportsmen Alliance Facebook page. All the participants, there's nine groups, three alternates and they have to submit their firearms form before participating and I have yet to approve a plan with range control at PT. We're definitely track some kind of metrics, what we take out, some kind of effectiveness measure or whatever we can to the best of our volunteer's abilities. And then, maybe one day it'll be something that you can talk about and maybe even the cultural aspect of how sportsmen here, we don't waste things and we'll find all avenues we can not to avoid that. 9. Invite DLNR to the October meeting to explain where, why and how Wildlife Revolving Fund and Pittman-Robertson monies are spent here in Hawaii. • What benefits do we receive from these expenditures? • What and how does Pittman-Robertson money benefit the game mammal and game bird resources here in Hawaii? • What does our Wildlife Revolving Fund money do to benefit game resources here in Hawaii particularly game mammals. • Resource Management-finding out what we have and where we have it is the only way we can begin to manage our game resources. There is no consistent history that we are aware of, on the Big Island anyway, that this has been done since the 1970s. I • Should GMAC push for an Audit of DLNR or at the very least, the Wildlife Revolving Fund? Action: Ike Yoshina motioned to invite representatives, preferably the heads from the U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service and DLNR to come and explain budgets, policies, and programs to us. 5