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definitely appreciate any of your comments or concerns and we'll definitely take it into <br /> account if you send those in to me. I still don't have; the CHAT is still disable and I can't <br /> put my email there... I'll be happy to send it to you folks later... and reach out anytime. <br /> LT: All right...thank you sir... Thank you very much...just to close it out, we'll get the CHAT <br /> open and you can drop your email and stay in contact...I just wanted to say thank you <br /> for your presentation... a lot of the data inside can be used to change what we just <br /> discussed...so, I appreciate it a lot and we would definitely have you back with us in the <br /> next one or two meetings. <br /> BM: Appreciate all of your folks input as well... <br /> LT: Mahalo... All right thank you very much for holding that very long presentation... I know <br /> we have 45 minutes left. We have been trying to get these presenters over the last five <br /> (5) months and anything you guys need to say and get it out right now is the time. Okay, <br /> thank you very much...shake it out...we're moving on to Agenda item #5b Ryan Okano, <br /> Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Department of Land and Natural Resources to speak <br /> on the proposed Division of Aquatic Resources Community Project entitled, "Resurrecting <br /> the Wailoa Station to Support 'Ama'ama Production to Help Revitalize Fishponds." And, <br /> to share an update on various DAR Hawai'i Island community efforts. Aloha sir, <br /> welcome... <br /> b. Ryan Okano, Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Department of Land and Natural <br /> Resources to speak on the proposed Division of Aquatic Resources Community Project <br /> entitled, "Resurrecting the Wailoa Station to Support 'Ama'ama Production to Help <br /> Revitalize Fishponds." And, to share an update on various DAR Hawai'i Island <br /> community efforts. <br /> RO: Yep, thank you, so I just have a variety of updates... and bring up if you guys have <br /> questions, so I am going to take them one by one... I prioritized them so if I go too long <br /> you guys just cut me off. Bob Duerr knows me so I can always come back and stuff like <br /> that...So the first one I'm going to talk about is stock enhancement so this is something <br /> that we have done in the past if you remember...back in the day...we still have a station... <br /> down by Wailoa by the old Ironworks, back in the day...we use to grow up mullets and <br /> station use to release them back into the ponds... to enhance fishing experience for the <br /> people...so we trying to do that again...so, kind of get the station up and running again...oh <br /> this first (1St) phase, we get some funds, and we get used to it...not pay anybody to breed <br /> fish for us yet, we going to catch fish from the wild, practice growing them out...make <br /> sure the station is all good like that the end game is to get somebody to breed fish for <br /> us...down by our facility by Puhi bay... that would be the guys for breed for us... we would <br /> then grow it out... the phase of growing out is very important, because that increases <br /> 23 <br />