2014-03-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – March 24, 2014 W. Camara: Yeah. I mean they do, but yet… Chair Sylvester: We couldn’t get that… W. Camara: We cannot get too far with it. Chair Sylvester: In front of (Senator) Malama Solomon last Monday…I mean… I was sitting across the table from DLNR and they would not commit to a game management plan. D. Yoshina: If you look at the HRS and the constitution they talk \[unclear\] management shall be done dah, dah, dah. \[Unclear\] M. Bartell: Chair, please push the mic in front of Ike. D. Yoshina: You should watch carefully the joint House and Senate resolution related to the importation of non-invasive species. Cause any time you have a joint resolution that means both sides are interested. T. Lodge: You know one of the reasons why like HCR 98, for example, what’s bad about the HCR – when I talked to I think it was Onishi’s office – he said, oh, no, this is the positive for the hunters because what they want to do is give you an opportunity to provide game management. And but nowhere in that bill do they talk about management. No where in that bill do they talk about any of the items. They don’t talk about actions. All they talk about is control of the pigs in the forest period \[unclear\] organizations. But joint resolutions, like you said, is bad news because it gives DLNR the opportunity to say well you know we’re all bringing under the full phase, the forest – the House and Senate they want us to get rid of these animals and that’s, and they’re going to, it doesn’t matter what else we come up with, they’re gonna say, hey! Because they want these animals out of here and you know both the House and the Senate have told us to so… \[Unclear\] M. Bartell: Just a comment, right, I mean we, we… I think one of the issues that this group wrestles with for a long time - game management plan, right. Chair Sylvester: True. M. Bartell: And the lack of one. And to a large extent, all this legislation and you know you worked on it, I worked on it, a lot of people worked on it and thanks for working on it – but a game management plan would solve a lot of this, right? I mean all this invasive species stuff – and DLNR will not, will not say is the pig an invasive species or are they not? Malama Solomon will not say if the pig invasive species or isn’t it. Right? No, but a game management plan forces the state to say the pig, the sheep, the goat, the axis deer, the game bird is a 9