2017-06-27 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 27, 2017 JC: Correct. JM: Chapter 134 a lot in there with the firearms rules and so my point being if we’re going to tear it up and start all over there are a lot of Hawaii Revised Statutes that may be affected and there’s a lot of crisscrossing, I mean, even 207, right, reckless endangered – we have to be aware of those rules when we make our rules. And so to tear up and start over, personally, I don’t see that being finished in my lifetime. I’m not against it per se, if that’s what the council wants to do that’s what we do – we go forward and we try to do that. The other extreme is rules light which perhaps we go in – you know, the last one took what 7 or 8 years? Perhaps we go into something if we want something sooner – quicker, you know, our Aquatics – they go into one section of their rules and they change those rules and they get it done, I’m told, in like 6 to 8 months. We’ve had some of our other rules changed – sanctuaries took quite a while – but the introduced birds was a couple of years? So say you go into like for your personal stuff we’d go into conditions and restrictions – we’d go into that section of Chapter 122 and 123 and we try to stick to that and we change that and we focus on that and get those things changed – there’s still a problem there because those are related to the other sections, but, something like that I foresee being in it 30 years and going through five or six of the game rule changes and any other changes – I think that could be a lot faster – but if we’re going to try to tweak everything we can expect a long, long drawn out process. But I look forward to it. JC: And I’d like to add to the record... DUH: Can you please state your name for the record? JM: I’m sorry. Joey Mello, I’m the Wildlife Manager for Forestry and Wildlife in East Hawaii. DUH: Thank you. JC: From my part, I think the best way to start would be for you folks to put together a list of your priorities – a prioritized list – so that we will know what’s most important to you to address and like Joey was saying, maybe focus on one area and we’ll try to push things through quicker. There’s also many rules pertaining to Sunshine Laws and public hearings and so just be aware that those things do take time and the more complicated and broad ranging the changes are the more time it will take. TL: There are things that we have been thinking about. JM: Most of the little things, for instance, you and I have talked about over the last twenty years would probably fall under conditions and restrictions. 12