2017-04-25 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – April 25, 2017 IV. GMAC MEMBERS GET TOGETHER Chairperson Lodge, Commissioner Dwayne “Ike” Yoshina and other commissioners thought it was a good idea to have a commission get together to meet the new commissioners on board. The Yacht Club hbeen nominated as a designated place to gather but it has not yet materialized. The commissioners would like to continue with the possibility of having a get together. Commissioner Nani Pogline suggested Waimea, but either Hilo or Kona is fine too. Joe Kamelamela, Corporation Counsel, said it appears that this is a group of commissioners getting together to talk story. Mr. Kamelamela stated there should be no discussion about GMAC business. As such, this item does not have to be placed on the Agenda unless it is being funded by the GMAC – this is more of a potluck gathering. Further planning will be determined at a later time. V. AGENDA FOR FY 2018 Chairperson Lodge discussed two agenda items for Fiscal Year 2018. These two items have been on the agenda for over two years: 1) Game Management Plan which was put together by Scott Fritz, DOFAW employees and volunteers in 2007 and completed in 2010. Commissioner Tom Lodge spoke to Mr. Cogswell from DLNR and was told that the plan was ready about 16 months ago but until now the plan hasn’t been provided to the County GMAC for review. 2) Game Rules (Administrative Rules) were suspended in 2007 due to a lawsuit by Katz Yamada and several others. The Game Rules was drafted in 2015 without any of the changes that had been submitted by the public. There were a couple of small changes made as far as day hunting. The County GMAC received information that DLNR was ready to have a group together to discuss putting rules together and it hasn’t happened yet. Commissioners Kenneth Kalani DeCoito, Teresa Nakama, and others may have additional items to include on the 2018 Agenda that need discussion and action taken. Mr. Dwayne “Ike” Yoshina stated that there need to be a substantive kind of discussion with the different resource groups such as fishers, trail guys, in the State of Hawaii Game Management. For example, What does Game Management mean? What does the State mean when it says Game Management? What does the various interest involved mean? In order to eliminate any misunderstanding, he wants all the team players to discuss and understand the topics of Game Management so that everybody is on the same page. A4