2023_07_18 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Also, I did – I don’t know if you guys remember Jerome Nickerson from the DOBOR office who spoke a few months ago regarding the Kailua Pier – he has left and he has been replaced by Dave LeDuc who actually I know personally, so we have a contact there at the harbor. He manages the Boating and Recreation for the three piers here in Kona: Honokohau, Kailua and Keauhou so that’s good news as well. And the position is finally filled after, I think, a year so… Thank you. AA: Nice. Thanks Cortney. RD: Um, Abraham a question for Cortney. AA: Yeah. RD: Cortney – do you know if Dave LeDuc is the Island District Manager? CO: I don’t believe so. I believe he’s just for the Kona district, but I can ask him what his exact title is – I just know that he filled that position but I’m not sure on the – he said he was replacing Jerome – but I’m not sure if he holds the same title that Jerome had or not – so I can check on that for you guys and let you know. AA: Thank you. SW: Deputy Corporation Counsel, Sylvia Wan – just to notify the board – it does appear that Leomana is now present, and we do have quorum. AA: OK. So let’s finish up this – the district reports and then we can vote on the minutes. Leomana, we passed District – 3, so would you mind giving your district report if you can? LT: E, aloha, everyone. Aloha, Leomana, District – 3. Ah, sorry, kind of scatterbrained right now, I just got my property stolen last night down Keaukaha, which is District – 3. Um, a little update about the wild game animals in District – 3. This past week I counted 17 Mouflon sheep running around the district over here by the Veterans’ Cemetery – kinda looks like somebody’s pets got loose but it’s been loose for about 2 weeks so, we have a pack of wild Mouflon running around – a couple of rams look really nice. On the update about the pigs, it’s still the same, nothing different. I did send an email to the County Clerk asking about who to contact about – last year we had that 2.3 million-gallon raw sewage spill in Keaukaha out of the sewer pump, that affected the whole coastline and all of our fishing, I emailed the County about that to see who do I go to talk to about all the discharge happening inside of our Keaukaha reef area. And that’s it for now. SW: Deputy Corporation Counsel Sylvia Wan. Leomana, you can contact me – I could probably try to figure out what department that comes from. LT: OK. Right on. Thank you. I’ll do that. AA: Thanks, Leomana. Um, District – 9, we have a brand-new Commissioner but he’s absent today. His name is Justin Ackerman. He’ll probably be here next month so… Thank you, Justin, for joining in. As far as District – 9 goes, there’s another Keiki Fishing Derby that pretty much 4