2016-06-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes — June 20, 2016 1. Springer Kaye of the Big Island Invasive Species Committee to talk to us of their mission here on the Hawaii Island and how game animals may be impacted. (Springer to return later to do her presentation). 2. Chris Yuen, Board of Land and Natural Resources at Large Member to discuss the Kaupulehu ten year fishing ban. CY: I live on the Big Island but I'm not the Big Island member. There is another Big Island member. So I'm At -Large for the state and thanks for inviting me Chair Lodge — you invited me to come and speak to the Game Management Commission about the Kaupulehu Marine Reserve and I think probably the best thing for me to do is to spend five or ten minutes talking about that and then, answer questions that people might have — starting with the members of the commission and then if it's up to you — if you want me to answer questions from members of the public that's also fine with me as well. I'm Chris Yuen, I'm a member of the BLNR, , Board of Land and Natural Resources. Let me explain what that means a little bit. Cause not everybody understands all the abbreviations and so the Board is a group of — except for the Chair — is a group of volunteers who are appointed by the Governor and it's the executive board of the department, you know, a lot of the things that happen are done administratively by the department, ,a lot of the day-to-day things. Certain decisions go to the Board and we're volunteers, we're not paid, we're appointed for a four-year terms — I was appointed to — my current term in summer of 2014. So for better or worse, the Board makes decisions on dispositions of State land like, if a piece of State land is gonna be put up for lease the board has to make that decision. Conservation district uses, permits — major permits — have to go to the Board. Changes of rules and regulations go to the board and so that brings us to Kaupulehu, I should also mention my background a little bit. I was born and raised here — grew up on the Big Island — for many years in my twenties I was an avid spear fisherman, haven't been very active for many years — strictly a three -prong guy, but I do have that in my background and I was — that was my main pastime — or my main, off -work activity for many, many years., So Kaupulehu — what has happened is that the board has voted to, make an administrative rule and, all of your fishing regulations are done by administrative rules. There has to be a publication like a notice that they're gonna — that there's this — might happen — there has to be a public hearing, and then the Board takes a vote on whether to adopt it or not and then the final step, which has not yet happened with Kaupulehu, is that it has to be signed by the Governor. So what is the Kaupulehu Marine Reserve. What happened there? This —