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Game Management Advisory Commission <br />Minutes, April 15, 2013 <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />outlined my ideas and questions to them. I got an email back saying that hunting is <br />not in their template. That’s the mission that I am going to embark on further and <br />again this the Sportsmen’s Caucuses is another way because these people are driven <br />by the legislature and having friends in the legislature will help us move forward <br />toward tourism in hunting tourism as well bring value of our animals to the state <br />and realize that when you eradiate something you're wasting something if you go out <br />and let somebody come hunted, you’re making a $1000 dollars [Indecipherable]. <br />That's basically where we're at. <br /> <br /> <br />M. Bartell <br />: Question for Tom [Lodge]. I know you asked the hunting question, did <br />they make any reference to fishing? <br /> <br />T. Lodge <br />: They said they did a survey, not sure who the target was. I can assume it <br />was the local community in Honolulu is not a big hunting community of what they <br />probably see every day. Their survey probably will develop a negative response. But <br />people come here to hunt. They come here turkey hunting all the time. They go to <br />Lanai and Onapaahua Ranch all the time. <br /> <br /> <br />Chair Sylvester <br />: The question was about fishing. What did they say? <br /> <br /> <br />M. Bartell <br />: Tom [Lodge] all of what you just said, I agree. I think people do come <br />here to hunt. Mouflon sheep is a great example, with fewer places to hunt a Mouflon <br />sheep, you want to hunt Mouflon you are a sheep hunter. You don’t have many <br />options in the world. Hawaii does have the world record of Mouflon sheep was taken <br />on this island. <br />My question is in the conversation regarding hunted, do they promote fishing? <br /> <br />T. Lodge <br />: They do. I have never seen one. Hawaii Tourism they do the <br /> <br />Commercial Fishing, Charter Fishing is part of their template but hunting isn’t. <br /> <br /> <br />Mark [Bartell] volunteered to help Tom. [Indecipherable] <br /> <br /> <br />C. Bailey <br />: I also forwarded the commissars an attachment through this Sportsmen <br />Caucus they have a lot of information on the State of Hawaii. I emailed an <br />attachment to you. It basically tells how much money is generated to the state in <br />hunting and fishing for licenses, and what not, is listed right down the line for anglers <br />and hunters. This was for 2011 and they were saying that the total sportsmen that <br />participated was 158,000 and there’s a 156,000 plus anglers, 22,000 plus hunters and <br /> <br />