2015-01-26 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes — January 26, 2015 BK: Testimony is verbatim. Thank you. V. Budget Report: None VI. Public Testimony on Agenda Items: VII. Discussion: 1. Carry over Testimony from Last Meeting (November 17, 2014) a. Cattle recovery and sale R. Shock: Basically, I just here to see if there's any possibility of — on this thing that I brought up on the last one with cattle and stuff like that — if there's any possibility of land we can probably get a hold of and maybe start or implement some kind of "catch and release" program. MB: I read the whole proposal from front to back and I think it's a great idea. How is it you want GMAC to help you? I'm trying to figure out to ask — I don't know if you were telling us, "Hey, this is what we want to do —just FYI," or you're coming to GMAC and saying, "Hey, this is what we want to do and I could use your help here." RS: Perfect. Now I have something to go on because prior to this I had no knowledge of this at all. I'm just stepping into this. I'd like GMAC to step in and help with possible land, you know, if they have any or what not or an area that we could possibly lease land. As an Aha Moku group we have no money, we have nothing, but we're willing to put it up, whatever it takes to make this thing happen. Direction, direction would be a good thing at this point. Does anybody have suggestions on top of what was said to help get something off the ground? Does anybody have any other ideas? Through my plan or through my idea — we'll be able to employ people, if possible, yeah, with the resources that we have, using the resources that we have. And it wouldn't cost a whole lot to invest in something like this. I think they have a venture, venture capital is what they call something like this — where you put a small amount of money to see what it can create or what it can make. We're banking on animals that are already here. We're banking on resources that is already here. All we got to do is find the market. And with the market, it helps produce money, this money produces jobs, you know, it creates a whole new section. "Catch and Release," if we have... TS: Excuse me, Robert... I got a question. I want to —just slow down a little bit just for our audience here because a few people here that weren't here before. So you're talking about the feral cattle. 2