2013-06-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2013 T. Lodge: Oh, Tom Lodge. Um, Palikapu, does that address the leaving the animals because of helicopter shooting? P. Dedman: Yes, it says it all in there, I think, about the pono about the whole language of the bill was just because it was shooting and letting it rot. It wasn’t necessarily that it was bad shooting from the aerial, but the idea of what they did after that was the strong language, in the bill about letting things rot. T. Lodge: Did it address at all, I mean like for example if I was… P. Dedman: I would [unclear] Bill 261… T. Lodge: If I, if we were, for example, hunting, and I shot an animal and left it – would that apply to that also? P. Dedman: I thought it was just the aerial. T. Lodge: Right. So, we’re talking about… P. Dedman: The aerial, but it’s just the practice of letting things rot – it’s the language I think you should… Woman: Because it’s food… P. Dedman: Yeah, because it’s food. [Unclear] according to the County Council. D. Yoshina: So, I have a question. Chair Sylvester Ike, state your name please… D. Yoshina: Ike Yoshina, this Federal stipulation and this Federal court case – that we just had – where they said that federal law overrides the County Charter, etc., etc. How does that impact this? Thank you. B. Brilhante: Honestly, I’d have to go and read the actual holding of the case – my understanding that there’s an issue regarding preemption and the court ruled that because the area is so closely regulated by the Feds or the State, to a certain degree, the County’s adoption of that rule, which was in contrast to the Federal and State regulations, would not be enforceable pursuant to preemption doctrine – so, that’s my understanding of it, but I don’t want to say specifically that is 27