2014-08-25 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – August 25, 2014 Chair Lodge: OK. The hunting lands – and this is not the time to get into a debate into this – why don’t you call me tomorrow and I’ll be happy to discuss this with you. Man: This is not a personal thing… Chair Lodge: No, I understand that. Man: It’s \[unclear\] that everybody on this island \[unclear\] consider kuleana and we voted you in and passed that resolution for you to do that job and it’s \[unclear\] and for the people who live here, not for DLNR. Chair Lodge: I appreciate that. Thank you. C. Masuda: Testifiers. Connie. I’m sorry I can read the last name. No? \[Unclear\] Woman: Hi, neighbors and we’re macadamia nut farmers…And as macadamia nut farmers we expect the pigs to come in a few months a year and eat some of the nuts, but beginning last year they’ve been coming in every night and they not only do damage to the farm, they come into our back yards, our gardens, out anthurium gardens, everything and we get dig it up and it hasn’t stopped. This \[unclear\] before and I have a feeling it has something to do with the fencing, which \[unclear\] from them and so they’re coming down into the residences. And \[unclear\] going on and I think as long as you keep fencing and have these fences up it’s gonna continue and \[unclear\] all the residences are gonna \[unclear\]. Chair Lodge: Thank you. CM: Next testifying is Kaniu Scottsdale. K. Scottsdale: Aloha. Thank you. My name is Kaniu \[unclear\] and at this time I’d like to relinquish my time to Mr. Dedman on some unfinished business. Mr. Dedman, quick. Is that OK, Mr. Chairman? Chair Lodge: Ah, yes, fine, three minutes please. P. Dedman: Yeah, as an Hawaiian, in a court room I seen a lot of Hawaiians in the courts going through gathering issues, gathering opae in conservation areas so I’m wondering about where is the line drawn on the Hawaiian when his gathering becomes a crime. You have the natural birthright to go into and gather stuff, but when does it become a criminal when it’s a natural birthright and it’s a state statute about protecting traditional rights. How much did you understand as a DOCARE \[unclear\] what traditional practice is and when it becomes a criminal for just be one Hawaiian gathering. So \[unclear\] a young son have a criminal record just for gathering and you folks 18