2022_12_13 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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AG: Sorry, I thought I was trying to catch it at the tail end. AA: Ah, just make it three minutes. Just state your name as well, cause I think he was – I think that’s the person you have with you right? Austin? JM: Aloha, my name is Jimmy Medeiros. I’ve from Honaunau. Can you hear me? AA: Yeah, we can hear you know. SW: Your 3 minutes are starting now. JM: OK. I’m in support of the rule of making a less impact out there. I would support a rule that, not allow it at all. I think that that is not good. As a Hawaiian culturally we never go out there and do that to what we call the hahalua. That makes me upset every single time I even think about it. So, this is all doing for money and this is harassment of the koa hahalua. Harassed by hundreds of people every night lights going on for that immoral harassment so I’m here to testify that I support the rule of reduction and I also would support the rule of totally and entirely stopping this madness and I hope that this body can do something for save our animals in the ocean for save ‘um because this is all commercialism – this is all about money, money, oh, I need money. We already went break the dolphins till now we finally got a rule – it took 25 years to, actually have a law to help start protecting them. We had to prove for 25 years, collect data, that shows that our human impact does negative things. So now we’re starting on the manta – going to take 25 years before you guys – before these businesses get stopped and slowed down. I’m glad we’re starting right now with reduction so in Honaunau Bay – the Hui o Honaunau – we support reduction, we support total stoppage of this abuse and harassment of the hahalua which is the manta. So thank you for letting me testify today. AA: Thank you, Jimmy. AG: \[Unclear\] for Jimmy. JM: Awesome. ?: Thank you. AA: OK. Moving on again for the presentation. Kanalu? Are you ready? PRESENTATION: a. East DOFAW Wildlife Biologist Ian Cole will report on closed hunting areas due to the eruption. (Kanalu Sproat to fill in). KS: So, our Division had closed several hunting areas because of the volcanic activity but just this morning we put out a press release pretty much opening all of them again except a couple so I’ll talk about the ones that are closed. Mauna Loa Forest Reserve and Mauna Loa Observatory Road are closed and will be closed probably for at least another month until things cool down. And then that section right across from the Gil Kahele Recreation Area – that – they call it the beak or the slices, kind of a little triangle that goes right up against PK boundary – that is closed 16