2023_09_19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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AA: You got it. You guys all had chance to take a look at it? We can have a discussion about it. NR: \[Unclear\] very long. LT: Yup, I seen through it a while ago. AA: As Natalie stated it was very long but like I suggested as long you guys stay right in the Hawaii – cause there’s East and West Hawaii, portions of this thing – so as long as you – like if you read the whole thing then kudos to you but I was just – stay within Hawaii Island that’s where we’re regulated to so that would be great. We have problems like right off the beginning as far as the Game Commission because, like I mentioned to you guys before, , the State of Hawaii doesn’t really recognize our game animals as – game animals is more of an invasive species and endangered species pretty much trumps everything else and it pretty much states that right in the first two pages of this book multiple times. But, as you go down into the book until where we come to like East Hawaii and West Hawaii then kinda like you kind of \[unclear\] themselves. So… NR: What page are you referring to Abraham cause I printed out \[unclear\]. AA: Yeah, I going through ‘em right now. \[Unclear\] starts page 13, project game animal research accurately estimate sheep and goat survival rates population, demo graph and habitat use in the Puuwaawaa forest and Puuanahulu Game Management Area, West Hawaii. So, like when it comes to – and we can carry this conversation like we can carry on this conversation like longer and not just for today… LT: Yeah… AA: ….because I like the West Hawaii guys really look into some of this like even like Brian he can help out the West Hawaii guys because he’s like a hunter always in Puuanahulu, like that’s where he took my son and Brian’s like all over on the West side pretty much. There is a Habitat Conservation Plan and Development for these two areas that would give the State greater ability to manage game animals – game mammal populations in these areas while protecting threatened and endangered plant and animals species found around there, so they saying that basically there is a plan for that area but endangered species pretty much trumps it so they kinda like you are on a harder time to actually do anything for any of the animals and that’s where like I think a lot of the hunters and the people that use that resource kinda like get problems or they get angry with DOFAW or just DLNR in general. NR: Natalie, District – 7, are we allowed to write to them and ask them to explain why it’s in the endangered species column when it goes to feeding your family? 15