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<br />Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – August 26, 2013 <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br /> <br />Chair Sylvester entertained a Motion to approve the Minutes of July 15, 2013 <br />GMAC. <br /> <br />ACTION: Correction to page 3, Chapter 123 not 122 and page 10 from Evaluing <br />to Valuing on page 10. <br /> <br />Motion by C. Bailey to approve as corrected, seconded by D. Yoshina, and <br />carried unanimously by voice vote. <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br /> <br /> <br />Teresa Nakama shared a message from the Big Island Fisheries Alliance. We <br />fishermen are willing to do whatever is necessary to work with hunters and <br />fishermen and we want to be informed of any fishing related issues that is <br />discussed by this council. <br /> <br />REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES <br />: <br /> <br /> <br />1. DLNR DEPUTY CHAIR ESTHER KIA’AINA ON STRATEGIES TO <br />INCREASE MONIES TO THE WILDLIFE REVOLVING FUND. <br /> <br /> <br />Chair Kia’aina acknowledges that DLNR has to do a better job at working with <br />our hunting community, not only on Hawaii Island but statewide because a lot of <br />the issues and mandates that we have with regard to conservation activities <br />clearly overlap with the needs and concerns of our hunting community. <br /> <br />Wildlife Revolving Fund and under current processes regrettably the fund is only <br />getting $100,000 annually, that was because of a court case and that is now <br />being remedied through DLNR’s consideration of rules which would address that <br />issue. <br /> <br />DLNR Board will be considering the rules after the Attorney General’s office is <br />finished with it in about 3 months. There is a commitment by DLNR to ensure that <br />there will be a 30-day notice that we will provide before we go to the DLNR for <br />approval. We anticipate with the new rules that $400,000 annually will be put into <br />the program and after further discussions with staffers from DOFAW and in <br />concert with discussions with the chairman, we acknowledge that $400,000 is still <br />not enough. <br /> <br />We are contemplating and we need your kokua, as well as the kokua of the <br />Governor and our lawmakers from Hawaii Island, as well as all the other hunting <br /> 2 <br /> <br />