2017-11-28 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – November 28, 2017 TN: Do we have a breakdown? Do we have a report? TL: We do. TN: Could it be distributed among the commissioners? TL: I’d be very happy to send you the last five years, if you like? TN: That would be great. That would be a great foundation to start off – because we would have to answer as to why the fees go up and where have the fees been spent. I mean, when we were asked the question – I have nothing in front of me. TL: Right. Wildlife Revolving Fund – I will send you – I have all – I have the last five years revolving fund... TN: You mean the fees that the hunters pay for their license went to the revolving fund? TL: All of it does. Absolutely. And that is the issue – that is the issue. So what we need to change is how the money is being spent? TL: Exactly, that’s right. TN: And we go about doing that how? DY: I think there’s kinda two levels here. First – the first level is whether or not the State of Hawaii actually does game management - if you do any study in the area you would have to come to the conclusion that it doesn’t. And you had Dave Smith here last time admitting to the fact that basically the State of Hawaii does impact management. So at the state level you have to have an administration that says game management is a policy of the state So that is where we have to somehow convince whoever runs this business that it is important that the State of Hawaii have a policy of game management – that is where the state GMAC should be – because all of these things we’re talking about will follow from that. End of story. TL: Did that answer your question? TN: No, but I understand what Ike is saying and we at the County level here are saying where are our funds when these hunters pay their license and we’re saying it goes to the state. TL: Yes. 12