2023_05_16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawai’i Minutes – DRAFT 1 Meeting Date: May 16, 2023 Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 pm Place: Zoom and In-Person site - 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. #1501, Hilo HI 96720 th AA: Good Morning. Meeting called to order at 9:00 am. Welcome to May 16 Game Management Advisory Commission meeting. Just quick housekeeping - make sure the ones on Zoom stays on Zoom. Please put your cell phones on silent. Any members from the public, if you guys have any questions – write it down in the chat. Roll Call, please. 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: District 1 - Robert Duerr, present, in person District 2 – Vacant District 3 – Rhon Leomana Turalde, Via Zoom District 4 – Brian Ley – Excused District 5 - Abraham Antonio, Present, in person District 6 – Austin Griffey, Present, via Zoom District 7 – Natalie Reynolds, Present, via Zoom District 8 – Cortney Okumura – Present via Zoom District 9 - Vacant Quorum Established with 6 in attendance. STAFF: Diana Mellon-Lacey, Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel – in person Sylvia Wan, Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel - excused Barbara Kossow, Administrative Specialist – via Zoom 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Action: Motion made by L. Turalde to approve the April 18, 2023 minutes as circulated. Seconded by R. Duerr. Motion carried by poll vote with 6 ayes, no nays. 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: None 4. COMMISSIONER REPORT BY DISTRICT: AA: Commissioner Reports by District. District – 1, Robert Duerr? RD: District – 1: No report. Basically, Wailoa River is moving forward on the 3.2 million dollars appropriated – waiting for the Governor’s signature. Also, I’d like to just go on the record with Abraham - that’s something that you said that fishers may not be aware of is the proposed Division of Aquatic Resources change in rules and regulations to make the commercial license 1