2015-03-16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—March 16, 2015 The main focus - 1) to develop the administrative rules - Researching other military facilities to see what they're doing and may incorporate some of those procedures here. PTA produced a public recreation SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) in 2008 with references to the 1964 state lease — so the state lease lands that are included in most of Areas 1 -16 and various Army regulations. For reason unknown the program was not implemented. To date the regulations that being worked on are basically a cut-and-paste edit job with the 2008 SOP -just a strictly hunting-specific set of regulations. Chapter One, is a general discussion outlining the purpose of the regulations. Who at PTA does what— it has a section on what the public hunters themselves are expected to bring to the table and it provides a list of regulatory references that go on and on. Chapter Two is hunting that occurs on state land or on Army land defers to the state regulations that, that land is in. Basically PTA is bound by HAR 13-122 and 13-123 — Rule Regulating Game Bird Hunting and Game Mammal Hunting. Anything additional would be more procedural — permits and things like that. Chapter Three outlines permits, requirements, processes to obtain and things of that nature. Chapter Four is access. Chapter Five is an enforcement chapter that outlines some of the suspensions or penalties for violations. Everything is 100% conceptual as PTA is in the process of drafting the set of regulations. The public will have the opportunity to comment. Timeline probably 2016 for the final draft to be ready for review by the Judge Advocate's Office, after which time PTA could actually implement the procedures and/or initiatives. Feedback requested in a number of initiatives that will be proposed. Administrative side —the rules and operational side— how PTA actually operates and treat access to the hunting areas. The establishment of a hunting permit to enter PTA and hunt. An annual permit for anything, a game bird season permit, a mammals only permit. 3