2013-04-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes, April 15, 2013 Page 11 sportsmen spending for Hawaii was $37.4 million, Anglers $33.1 million, Hunters $13.7 million and it just list how many jobs were created and salaries. So, it’s a little bit of fed you could give the Hawaii Tourism and to say hey, this is a legitimate deal. I have a little highlighted box here that says, Hawaii Sportsmen that women supports $801,000, salaries and wages $130 million, federal taxes $27 million, state and local taxes $28 million, the ripple effect $404 million dollars. I don’t see how they can ignore this. Chair Sylvester : Okay, Cleon [Bailey], that’s good - Rob [White] do you want to volunteer for something? [Indecipherable] T. Lodge : I think some of that information was taken from the Sportsmen’s survey. And that information is actually an estimate based upon universal numbers that they have out there. If you remember I think I sent all of you the actual number of hunters the state has. The license that was sold in the State of Hawaii is actually 10,000 and they are using the 22 or 20,000 for a number of years which is just an estimate. So, if we go to the legislature saying we have 22,000 hunters here and it turns out we only have 10,000, its egg on our face. It would be nice to have accurate numbers. But, to the extent that hunting and fishing is an economic resource here. It is a big resource that is not being properly used. C. Bailey : In response to that I’m looking at 2012 Wildlife Revolving Fund. Just the hunting license alone is $152,000 and hunting guide license is $1,200 plus, game bird license $5,000 plus. So, the numbers are high. If you want when you address people, get it off their own numbers. If that’s what you want to do, if you don’t want to use. T. Lodge : We need accurate numbers. C. Bailey : It’s true you don’t want egg on your face. It’s not over estimated that way from the way I see it, but I’m not an accountant or a [Indecipherable] Chair Sylvester : For now, we don’t need to figure out the exact numbers. My question is - what do we do with this? Are we trying to present something to the Hawaii Visitors Bureau?