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whole reef of fishes along the Hamakua coast. I’m biased cause I represent Hamakua, OK? But
<br />this is an opportunity for us to bridge that gap with the state agency so there’s no such thing as,
<br />\[unclear\] all the people. \[Unclear\] was right? Not my kuleana. OK? So, this is where it all comes
<br />from – it was a small document – I was so excited when I saw that – next slide – OK.
<br />Management of coastal resources using the mauka-makai perspective \[unclear\] change things
<br />differently – this is the picture I took up Internet it’s a guy catching aama crab, see, old style -
<br />we’ve got the bamboo and coconut fronds, huh? Next slide. \[Unclear\] it all starts in the mouth –
<br />that’s where \[unclear\] starts – you gonna go \[unclear\] if we \[unclear\]. This is again simple stuff
<br />you all know but let me quickly go through. This is the blue is where all the perennial streams
<br />are – all the rock fill running streams. OK? It’s always Hamakua, yes, I’m biased, I talk about that
<br />kind of stuff. You from West Hawaii you talk about underground streams - there’s some caves.
<br />But the point is Hawaiians \[unclear\] but 5 million years difference \[unclear\]. So, what happens is
<br />when \[unclear\] the mauna, yeah, it keeps the rain on one side with all the tradewinds and so it’s
<br />like this – next slide – OK, here’s again the word muliwai. People always forget about the
<br />muliwai, estuaries – a lot of estuaries are really small – not like San Francisco Bay or Chesapeake
<br />Bay are huge estuaries or those bays in Louisiana. We don’t have that – ours is really small – this
<br />is Waipio – just to show you how everything’s so close, yeah, so compressed – next slide –
<br />muliwai in my opinion is the keystone – you know what keystone is? Keystone is a structure –
<br />it’s built like this – it’s the middle piece you put last. If you take the middle piece out the whole
<br />thing falls apart, OK, I think it is a keystone – it’s small, it’s not glamorous – \[unclear\] oh, look at
<br />those lovely corals with the ape \[sp?\] and yellow tang – you guys under – you don’t say, oh,
<br />that’s lovely, thank you \[unclear\] yellow tang, hum? So it’s the bias, OK? Again, you look this
<br />picture from the airplane and \[unclear\] picture this is on the Kohala side – the mauka-makai –
<br />you know, we have seven native ehu kai \[unclear\] – they all live in the ocean. When they come
<br />back – you know different like the sand and us OK and they come back, OK? But it’s those
<br />activities where the glitches especially on Kauai harvest \[unclear\] OK? But they should have
<br />connected but we forget that, yeah, we also get one look at the ocean but it’s not my kuleana,
<br />yeah, that’s what the state say. It’s up to the county. Eh, what about the \[unclear\] not my
<br />kuleana and so what are we going to do? So maybe this is where the \[unclear\] came here and
<br />bring the boats \[unclear\] together and help us out. You all understand this, you know this, you
<br />know. And here’s \[unclear\] so small and you got the kahakai this kind, \[unclear\] next time. Here
<br />we are, yeah, here we are \[unclear\] I dialed that red arrow just to show you – I \[unclear\]. You
<br />know, ah, just by chance we have some tagging – just a size – we tag \[unclear\]. Three hundred
<br />eighty days yet. We tracked that thing it was Kohala for a while, it was Kona for a while, it came
<br />around. About a year and two weeks later it ends up at Waiakea \[unclear\]. So where did they go
<br />with it \[unclear\]. A \[unclear\] like this? Make movement from Waiakea Pond to the downside
<br />Bayshore Towers every day they go somewhere. Every day. \[Unclear\] So there’s a lot of it we
<br />don’t understand – next slide – OK. The big issue: Maui \[unclear\] the water. OK. Because the
<br />Maui water issue – I really forced it to kind of have a, you know the guys on windward Oahu
<br />when they have \[unclear\] you know the case with the water? With the taro lo’i farmers and all?
<br />But now in the Hawaiian water code the oopu has standing \[unclear\], you know. Next slide. OK.
<br />Here’s in Maui – two \[unclear\] that are close they are – one goes down slope, one \[unclear\]. OK.
<br />Look over here – that’s the muliwai, yeah? Next slide. \[Unclear\] downslope, yeah. Next slide. Ok.
<br />Good enough, next slide. See where they close, when they take water on the mauka side or
<br />\[unclear\]. Next slide. The henana \[sp?\] nothing goes up. Next slide. Aholehole, uma uma – next
<br />slide – nothing – all these is – these are not \[unclear\] these just happened. I took sample data -
<br />next slide – OK – and here’s another stream, this is the one that flows all the time – next slide –
<br />here we go – what does it tell you? That muliwai that’s cut off you’ve got nothing – to bring this
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