2024_08_20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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situation, so it – and we try to figure out our role in this – so that’s kind of where we’re at. Same thing, like water quantity, the amount of water in the streams. We don’t manage that – it’s the Commission on Water Resource Management that manages that – they say who can take how much and what and if you gotta put back – but, we in our agency, we recognize how important that water going to the ocean is, whether it be surface water or ground water, you know, that ground water that comes out in like Puna side and Kona side – that it comes out – that’s really important for those aquatic resources – those fresh water dependent species – those fresh water dependent systems – lot of our limu thrive in that areas where the water mixes, so we recognize that – so what we try for do in that areas – we try to study when Sea Worm going like take management actions and put back or take out water in a system – we try to study those processes, what is it like before you put the water back in the stream, what is it like after and when I say what is it like I referring to those biological entities like the fish. LT: OK. Mahalo. Just for – we got 40 minutes, and we have another presentation, but just a fast one – just on the moorings in Kona and then the water pollution due to the seabed floor mining from Clarion-Clipperton. If you know anything about that? RO: The water, you know, the moorings in the regatta, yeah, the moorings in Kona – you that’s Kona side – I don’t know too much about it – I know that they stopped canoe races because of that stuff. I just heard from a friend that that’s still an issue. I don’t think so they having races in that bay but I can get a more detailed report back on that one from my Kona counterpart – cause I have a biologist in Kona – so I can ask him about that. I have that in my notes. To tell the truth – I don’t know too much about the sea floor mining – how those activities that is happening kinda far away from us is impacting us. I not saying it’s not. I just say it’s kinda far but - and it’s big and, I don’t know, I’m sure you’d have to do studies of how currents and stuff and things like that – how things are flowing, yeah. I’ll see what can find out. LT: OK. Yeah. All right. Anything else? Thank you very much for that presentation. I hope, I mean, \[unclear\] that was a lot of information – I know we all loved it, and I hope you come back soon cause I know I want some information like this so thank you very much, sir… RO: No problem, any time, thank you. LT: Mahalo. All right, everybody, sorry that was a long one, you guys can stand up, stretch out. We have one more presentation… RD: Chair, um… LT: Yes, sir? RD: …. I’d like to take this moment to we have a new Commissioner… IKK: Hopefully in two weeks. LT: Eh. So we just got our (new commissioner) who Nani mentioned earlier - that group of hunters – we have one of the group of hunter, the group members who came in earlier and he went to the County Council meeting this morning and so he (Taysen Wong Chong) should be confirmed 20