2023_09_19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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out there to regulate. And then it’s also it’s like not in our scope of things to go out there and do stuff. AA: Abraham, District – 5, well as you guys know they just hired 15 new DOCARE agents or 13 for the Big Island so hopefully, we’ll get more of a DOCARE presence, on the water, off the water and also up on the mountains and all the hunting areas. I see them often. NR: I haven’t seen them down in my district. I’m out on the water a lot, my husband and kids are out there all the time – we haven’t seen anyone down at Keauhou. BL: Brian Ley, District – 4, as far as the boats, maybe we could do something like they do with the bottom fish. If you’re gonna get lobster from a boat you have to have the big LV on there like the bottom fish, so maybe that’s something we could generate to do something to help the lobster kind of thing – that people if you’re going to harvest from the boats you need to register the boats as a lobster taking vessel. NR: That’s a good idea. BL: And it would be a little easier for DOFAW to spot when they see boats with it - coming in without an LV and they don’t have – and they’ve got lobster in there they could really hit ‘em with – just a suggestion. Thank you. LT: Leomana, District – 3, I know I always ask this about marine animals but like what marine animals that we know of fall under Game Management, cause I always ask like what – in the ocean, what falls under, you know, our jurisdiction of advising. SW: So, ah, Deputy Corporation Counsel Sylvia Wan – I believe that question is for me. LT: OK. SW: Ah… One second, I’m going to find the lines. So, it says, under Section 6-9.3 Game Management Advisory Commission second paragraph – for the benefit of present and future generations, the Game Management Advisory Commission shall advise the County, State and Federal agencies on matters related to the preservation of subsistence hunting and fishing which include protecting traditional and cultural gathering rights as well as you can advise on the matters affecting the taking and conservation of aquatic life. So from that perspective, the Game Management Commission’s authority is rather broad in that it includes fishing, subsistence fishing so that would be fishing for sustaining your families, but also it talks about the taking and conservation of aquatic life because even if you may not be taking a particular animal, to necessarily eat – that particular animal may be important for sustaining that particular aquatic… LT: Uh-huh, ecosystem… Yeah… 11