2015-03-16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes- March 16, 2015 Short-term (3-7 days) permit for visitors. Require a valid State of Hawaii hunting license. An Unexploded Ordinance at PTA (UXO) - a need to incorporate briefing procedures so that everyone who comes on to PTA can be safe. The application process in terms of is it a physically manned store front or is it an on line situation or a combination of the two. The second administrative initiative is an actual fee for that permit. Price not determined - fee to support the hunting program. Revenue 90% would stay at PTA, 10% for administrative costs like issuing permits, etc. PTA is looking at phasing out the Hunter Hotline and moving towards an all online information distribution system. Most feel the hotline is both antiquated and long winded. Goal is to either shorten that or phase it out altogether and go with a complete online schedule information. Part of the plan is to realign training areas into hunting units and that has more to do with sort of changing the way PTA thinks about how to open areas on Pohakuloa for hunting. Currently, if a designated training area is not occupied by a unit-then they've opened it- regardless if there are animals there or not. PTA wants to change their way of thinking to a more geographic based system. They are proposing to turn Training Areas I thru 4, for instance, into one unit and opening that unit - the training areas will still remain in effect for the military use but it's just changing the way that PTA open areas and so if Training Area 3 is occupied then they would not open that unit basically and so part of the feedback system that they are developing basically lays that out for the hunters to be able to take a look at and see if you like that or not. Installation of hunter checking stations at least four that would be specific to Pohakuloa Training Area would improve the reliance on the state checking stations and data collection. Possible stations Old Saddle Road gate, across from the Mauna Kea State Park and would serve as basically Training Areas 1 thru 6. AN Road currently used for construction access and has a nice open gravel area - it would serve Areas 7 thru 16 over by Puu Keekee The fenced units at Pohakuloa Training Area (which is completely outside John's program) PTA will be able to offer game bird hunting in those areas and so this AN Road checking station would also service those areas and it would also be the Hilo side checking station for Keeaumoku. 4