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From Field to Freezer to Dinner <br />Plate <br />40% of the meals on Molokai are from subsistence <br />sources, such as hunting, fishing, and home gardens' <br />(http://hpr2.org/post/neighbors-subsistence-living-molokai). <br />According to an acclaimed University of Hawai'i <br />study done for the County, there could be as much <br />as 500,000 pounds of game harvested each year on <br />Hawai'i Island alone. <br />From Kapaa to Kalapana, Kohala to Kekaha, the <br />forest provides. The length and breadth of Hawai'i <br />depend on the forest for subsistence and recreation. The rural communities of Hawai'i in <br />particular depend significantly on fish and game resources as part of their economy. <br />Paving for Wildlife <br />Hunting and shooting sports pay for wildlife habitat <br />restoration, endangered species protection, and the <br />management of our game animal resources. <br />Through the national sale of sporting equipment, a <br />voluntary tax initiated by sportsmen collects roughly <br />$700 million annually which it redistributes to the <br />states including Hawai'i through a formula of land <br />area and hunting license numbers. These funds are <br />responsible for approximately 45% of the cost <br />running wildlife programs throught out the country, <br />including Hawai'i. <br />Economics of Hunting <br />According to the Congressional Sportsman's Foundation, if we just took the hunters in America <br />and created a corporation to receive all the revenue generated from hunting, that corporation <br />would be listed in the top twenty of Fortune 500.( http://WWW.huntonlv.com/articles/2OO8/o7/economics-of- <br />hunting.html) <br />