2013-06-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2013 they brought back to the Big Island and I just asked them a simple question – you know – just what are they doing for fishers and hunters of the Big Island and, you know, to be honest, they didn’t really answer the question directly, because, you know, honestly they haven’t been [unclear] anything for all of us. They - she explained, pretty much, there’s a conflict of agendas, yeah, there’s federal things that is happening and there’s just – she just kinda trying to explain, you know, the current situation, which is, we kinda understand what the current situation is and we wanted to change. After the meeting was done – I pushed both Malama Solomon and Gil Kahele to see if they would meet with our group and both of them agreed. So, we have to follow-up with them and formalize a meeting to talk with them and bring some issues up with them that, you know, [unclear] this is our community, this is our lifestyle. ?: You used to be able to approach [unclear] Malama Solomon – she was with the hunters – at one time. P. Bueltmann: Yeah… I talked to Linc with her husband outside, you know, for a while too… ?: Her boys all hunt. P. Bueltmann: Yeah. ?: ….[unclear] big game hunting… [Unclear] P. Bueltmann: [Unclear] Chair Sylvester: OK. Yes? Ike. D. Yoshina: I would like to add my two cents. Chair Sylvester: OK. Go ahead, Ike. D. Yoshina: What I found interesting was that she may have not said it directly, but I think she intimated that there is this federalization of the bureaucracy going on. And, I think she recognizes that – and she recognizes that that has come about, you know, because you’ve got [unclear] money. And she’s trying to undo [unclear] said it’s this complicated, you know, you peel one layer and there’s another layer there, so, this is something that I think I’d mentioned before to various people in the community. And I don’t think it’s well 13