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their mother and grandmother and they continue that tradition. We also believe as a <br />number one principle that fishers provide solution-effective management. We are out <br />in the field we are out on the ocean every day. We see what’s happening and we <br />provide solutions to government, and we try to do so. Another thing is that we <br />obviously want to manage fisheries for the next generation and beyond so sustainable <br />fishing is an extremely high principle for us and we encourage fair and good <br />management especially with the Division of Aquatic Resources and we feel that <br />collaboration is the key to success in management. We are an organization of <br />organizations – in other words we go through fishing clubs, boating clubs, casting clubs, <br />things of that nature – so we do not have to organize on our own. We have island <br />representatives on each island and in Hilo it’s Gary Beals, um, on the west side there <br />it’s Nathan Abe and Ben Nakano are our island reps. They have, of course, their own <br />network of people that they work with. We also work with Mike Tokunaga – Tokunaga <br />Store on the East side. We actively participate at the state legislature probably <br />anywhere from 10-20 testimony on paper that we provide to the legislature. We also <br />go to the legislature and talk to key legislators such as Rep. Ichiyama and Senator <br />Inouye – both chairs of Water and Land. We actively meet with DAR, DOCARE DOFAW <br />and DLNR leadership. That would mean that we meet with Dawn Chang, we meet with <br />Ed Underwood, we meet with Jackson Godulla, we meet with Brian Neilson on a <br />regular and planned basis. We also meet with NOAA leadership here in Hawaii <br />primarily protective resources, endangered species because that affects our ability to <br />fish. We also work with sustainable fisheries and the Science Center. So that’s who we <br />are as an organization and what we do. Any question from anybody about HFAC in <br />itself? I’ll be happy to address that at this time. <br /> <br />AA: Not seeing any Phil, you can continue… <br /> <br />CO: Sorry, I was muted, sorry, go ahead. <br /> <br />PF: Hearing none I will proceed to the Holomua Initiative that the Division of Aquatic <br />Resources have been pursuing for the last couple of years. I’ve got a slow computer so <br />bear with me. So, I’ll address Holomua – it’s a major initiative on the part of the <br />Division of Aquatic Resources, in effect is a strategic plan for the near shore waters of <br />Hawaii – so if you think of all of the waters up to the 3-mile limit – off shore – this is a <br />method of trying to create a strategic plan. It was initiated in 2016 by Governor Ige, ah, <br />Governor Ige actually sprung that as a surprise. Ah, Department of Land and Natural <br />Resources did not know that it was coming but David Ige gave a speech and said that <br />it’s what he wanted to do. It was very, very ill defined – he did not define what it is he <br />wanted to do – he simply handed it to DLNR to execute. So since then – 2016 – it took <br />many years for Aquatic Resources to put together a plan and that plan was originally <br />published in the year 2000 as Holomua 30 x 30. The goals were pretty reasonable, that <br />was the healthy, near shore ecosystem, they have near shore waters to be enjoyed by <br />the people and also to feed our family, so all of the wording was really good. We adopt <br />that, in fact, HFAC was part of the steering committee that wrote this vision statement, <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />