2023_09_19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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AA: Ah, that part goes more towards federal agencies cause it’s actually one federal mandate. So, you’d have to go to like the US Department of Forestry and to – let me see… NR: And my other question was is somewhere in the beginning they said that they have like a I think it was like a hunting commission or they were reaching out to government, or not government, excuse me, they were reaching out to local hunters – there was like a little group that they formed so I didn’t know like if they were actual hunters or hunting in that area cause it didn’t clarify it – they just said they established something and it didn’t say like how many people were in that group. AA: Right. I read that too. NR: So, are we allowed to ask like who that is? SW: Deputy Corporation Counsel Sylvia Wan. So, I’m just gonna try to provide some parameters for GMAC at this point, so I kinda let you guys go on for a little bit to try to dive into this but there needs to be a motion – there needs to be some kind of direction for actions for this Commission. I understand that everybody kinda needed to have an opportunity to view and peruse this game management plan – at this point – if this Commission wants to tackle this and try to do anything regarding this particular game management plan – it would make sense maybe you create working groups – maybe divide the chapters so that you can maybe present it to the Commission as a whole and then you can take it into like bite size pieces so that it’s not a – how do we say this – just random shots in the air of advice. NR: OK. Abraham, how do you want to do it? AA: That’s pretty much how I was – well, I wasn’t kind of planning it like that but like my plan was kinda like for us to just go through this where you guys kinda like take the lead on the West side which pretty much sounds like exactly what Sylvia’s suggesting. So, I’d like to make a motion for the East side and West side Game Management Commissioners to go and research or to create their own \[unclear\] search their sections of the Island and come up with their own kind of advisory or problems that they see with this Game Management Plan. SW: OK, so Chair? Deputy Corporation Counsel Sylvia Wan. I’m gonna try and clarify your motion for you or at least help you out… AA: Yeah… SW: So, when you say East side, West side, how are you suggesting to divide the Commissioners East side, West side, cause we have nine districts. 16