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AA: Are there any questions from the Commissioners for Troy. LT: Leomana, District – 3. First I just wanted to say thank you Troy for all of that information. My family holds the lease for the old zoo in Keaukaha for Onikahakaha Beach and we have four acres of fish pond – so that anyone of those Pua ‘ama Projects where you guys are trying to find habitat to raise these fish,the pond we have is 3 ½ acres and this past year I’ve been clearing this pond out because it’s the only open pond habitat available for fish to migrate in and out on the whole coast. So, if you guys are looking for a place – that would be a good place to start down in Keaukaha. I don’t know if you guys have any other people you’re working with but if you have any information on how I can contact you about that and how I can be involved in that – I’d appreciate that. TS: Yeah, mahalo, yeah, for sure. Um, we’ve been in communication with the Kumuola Marine Education Center of Kamehameha Schools, they have good stuff there also the UH Hilo PACRC – they will do the spawning and hatching of the mullet and then we would do the grow-out of the fry at our Wailoa Station and then when they get to a bigger size we tag them then we can release them. But the idea is to support like the stocking – kinda restocking of some fish pond in Keaukaha. Also, in Waiakea Pond, where people go – like to go, you know, fishing for mullet. LT: OK. Yeah. TS: But it’s kind of a collaborative initiative right now that we’re looking at. But, yeah, definitely, yeah, we can keep in communication on this effort. LT: Yeah, thank you. AA: Abraham, District – 5. Troy so the rule change for the commercial vessels – that’s just commercial – that’s not like for private individuals that like take their jet ski out and then gotta pay that extra dollar fee and stuff? TS: Yeah, those are only for commercial operators that take out customers on their – it’s like basically commercial operators or business owners that, you know, take out like eco-tours or, people that have clients that they’re serving and then they collect the fee from their customers. AA: Right. TS: Yeah. But, yeah, that’s not – it doesn’t apply to personal, you know, vessel users or operators. AA: And that class that Uncle John put on – is that just for people that get in trouble or is that for public as well – like can you sign up for it as a member of the public or that’s just…? TS: I believe, well the one I mentioned is actually mainly for, I guess, violators but… AA: Yeah. TS: ….by all means, you know, there’s other classes and, John does a lot of outreach and education, and he does fishing classes for school groups and things like that. So aside from like those fishing 22