2014-09-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2014 K. De Coito: It’s our issue and maybe Ike can add to whatever issues he has, he can enlighten to in my issues that I have, but we have to do it. W. Camara: Yeah, right. K. De Coito: So in other words, we can ask those questions, he can ask that questions, Ike can ask that questions, even though it’s pertaining to what I already asked for my district. But we can ask the questions, every one of us. C. Masuda: Yeah Chair Lodge: OK. I understand the motion is at the end of each meeting each District Commissioner will bring district items to the Commission for discussion as to what would be important to add to the following month’s agenda. Action: W. Camara moved that GMAC permanently have a section toward the end of the meeting for each representative to bring items to the table to discuss at the next meeting and that item(s) to be on the next agenda; Seconded by K. De Coito. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. 3. Lisa Hadway – Game Rules and Regulations – Strategy if Delayed a. HRS License Fee Increase b. HRS Hunting Days L. Hadway: So as I understand what you were wondering about was the Game Rules and where they’re at. As I mentioned at the last meeting, they’ve come out of the Attorney General’s Office and we’d like to get them to the next step is to get them to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. As we had indicated when this process started, they would be posted for 30 days prior to that. We had th determined that the best - that would be the October 24 meeting before the board. That’s the plan as it is now. We hope to have them posted around by st around the 21 of September. They’re in final review and polish in terms of making sure the maps are accurate, etc. I do apologize for the length of time it has taken. We’ve lost our Game Program Manager – I mean our – well we haven’t had a Game Program Manager for – since Mr. Johnson passed away. And then Marie Morrin departed and so we’re doing this internally with the existing staff but we’re able to move it out. We did have the hopes that we were st going to be hiring and getting out Game Management Biologist on by October 1 and that individual, I believe it was last week or the week before, declined the position because they took a new position on the mainland. So we will be re- recruiting for that and we’ll be happy if anybody would apply that’s qualified. And I’ll let you know when that goes to external recruitment, so you folks can pass it on to your, your various list serves, etc. In terms of process, after, I know your question at the last meeting was when do the rules go into effect. So I did – I looked into what the process is beyond the Board of Land and Natural Resources 18