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<br />RD: (R. Duerr) Thank you. Chair I have to go. I have to go and get my granddaughter. Thank you very <br />much and congratulations. <br /> <br />AA: Thanks, Rob. See you next month. <br /> <br />SW: Chair, it appears that you have one other testifier with their hand up – a Mr. Gary Rosenberg <br />and… <br /> <br />NR: Ah, it looks like two \[unclear\]… <br /> <br />SW: Yeah, and the next would be a Jonathan Drudge. Somebody by the name of “user” which <br />hopefully I can guess the name of. <br /> <br />AA: So, I call the next person up which is Greg? <br /> <br />SW: Gary Rosenberg. <br /> <br />AA: Gary Rosenberg. <br /> <br />GR: \[Unclear\] you guys, I just wanted to thank all of you for your work \[unclear\]… <br /> <br />AA: Gary we can’t hear you. <br /> <br />GR: Um, I’ve got a facility up in Kurtistown – we’re practicing regenerative agriculture and trying to <br />teach that and I’ve spoken to Brian and Abraham about the need to prevent the HogStop, um, <br />but I’ve also got a lot of animals up here and, I just want to invite everybody up to the \[unclear\] <br />we’re building and if they were – we’re eager to work with anybody to try to create a holistic <br />game management model for the entire County. <br /> <br />AA: Thanks, Gary. <br /> <br />SW: Next Chair you have Jonathan Drudge. <br /> <br />AA: Jonathan Drudge, if you have the computer ready you can speak. <br /> <br />SW: Yeah, and can you please state which agenda item you’re going to speak to? <br /> <br />JD: Ah, this is about the new proposed manta rules. <br /> <br />SW: Go ahead, you have three minutes to start now. <br /> <br />JD: Thank you, aloha everyone. My name is Jonathan Droggey, I’m here to speak about the <br />proposed new manta rules. I’m a local boy born and raised here on the Big Island. I’m a cultural <br />practitioner/environmental activist and a commercial operator out of Keauhou and Honokohau <br />Harbor with a 6-passenger, max capacity vessels. I have been operating since early 2012 and <br />have witnessed firsthand the manta ray operations at both Makako Bay and Keauhou Bay. I <br />have major concerns with the packet for several reasons all of which I cannot say in only 3 <br />minutes to I’ll cut to the chase. The packet was put together by a few very well-known operators <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />