2014-03-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – March 24, 2014 Now come back to you folks with all thing - where’s the fishermen in this? Fishing license \[unclear\] give us all \[unclear\] fishing license. The constitution says \[tape End Side One\] coming to the County. The county wants state park – Manuka State Park – they go give ‘em – they want Hapuna Beach. Want all the small boat harbors. They cannot manage the island – why take other responsibilities? I question this commission. Where the fishermen? All I hear is for game management. Chair Sylvester: Yes, we’ve actually been working with them. It’s just that they realize now that – I worked with Nakani Christianson – and Theresa Nakama – and they’re at a big disadvantage because they’re way less organized than we are and that came from them. They have a lot more people but they’re just not organized. Man: I understand that this is a county commission for the people. I don’t care you one hiker, bike rider, guys that walk the trails or go picking in the forest. I seen too much things that DLNR did and I don’t trust them. M.Bartell: Hey, Tony! Let me – you know I think that the way that this commission was put together – it represents a really broad swath, right? You know hunters, fishermen, gatherers, you know, native rights and that is a huge task to take on, so for the people in the audience what the group has decided is we’re going to focus on hunting issues first, once we get the hunting issues taken care of we’ll expand. You may like it, you may not like it, but to the extent that we try to focus on the entire gamut that was laid before us, we’re unlikely to get anything done. So we’ve chose to focus on hunting. I don’t know if that’s an acceptable answer to you, but that is the answer. And there are fishermen in this group. I fish about 150 days a year and you know to the extent that an issue comes up that’s warranted then I’ll chime in, but there are fishermen in the group, but we’ve chosen to focus so we can try to get something done as opposed to try to solve every issue on that long laundry list. So, again, you may agree, you may disagree, but it’s a cognizant choice that we’ve said we’re gonna focus on hunting to begin with. As we solve some of the hunting issues we’ll take on fishing; we’ll take on hiking; we’ll take on whatever other issues arise. Chair Sylvester: OK. Thank you, Mark, yeah, and then if we look at our Unfinished Business we actually have a letter – it’s gonna be dealing with those water issues. Any further comments or… Steven: May I address the issue help Tony? Answer his questions. Chair Sylvester: Go ahead. State your name. Man: I’m Steven. On your County Council commission kind of thing \[unclear\]having to do with access – OK \[unclear\] all other county commissions – you have county planning, you have the Windward Planning, you have 14