2013-09-23 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 23, 2013 Mr. Aila: May I answer this question. So Fish and Wildlife Service right now, because there is no recognition available does not have a responsibility to protect traditional and cultural rights. State of Hawaii does under Article 12 Section 7 has a responsibility to protect traditional and cultural rights. Man: Shall? Mr. Aila: Shall. The question becomes then what are those practices \[unclear\]. Man: And that’s why I brought that up Mr. Aila. I’m not trying to be rude, but there’s many books in the library and all the stuff that I see here – information come from is coming from someone on Oahu that only have one point of view. It’s not on this island because he does not live on this island from the cultural stand point we have to on this island. So, I say to you, I don’t see a Hawaiian sitting on that table there. That’s part of the argument to you, or that’s part of the side cause it does say the state “shall” so all these regulations we’re working on they still have to be constitutional \[unclear\]. And I don’t see a place where it includes protection of traditional Hawaiian rights as defined in Article 12. And there’s a problem there. There’s a potential problem that can be hurdled if we can catch it in infancy. Mr. Aila: So when the plan does finally come up and we have to go through analysis. We’ll take into consideration traditional customary practices. Chair Sylvester: Kalani, please… K. DeCoito: \[Unclear\] and the whole situation that customary rights and stuff cause out in my district we push that \[unclear\] Hawaiian \[unclear\]. The question becomes this though… \[Unclear\] It’s hunting. Hunting be considered a traditional Hawaiian right? Because they’re gonna tell us that Hawaiians never hunt before… \[Unclear\] What my question to him – in my district – we getting cracks – plan or no plan – it’s implemented out there. OK. It’s implemented... We got to apply for a sustainable permit to do the eradication so we can go over there and pick ‘em up. Because we cannot go over there and hunt. Mr. Aila: Where are you referring to? K. DeCoito: In Kau. Because federal \[unclear\] Coherent to the land use. Cause Kahuku is also the forest reserve to our mountain house. So it’s all in co-existing. You see what I’m saying. So right there is a federal thing like you said earlier about the federal you know that you guys \[unclear\].federal park. But it seems to me what I’m hearing is you just have no 12