2018-01-29 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2018 RS: Right. And then now they’re bringing all the monk seal in too because – but the monk seal is not from the islands. It’s up Northern Hawaiian Islands not on the main Hawaiian Islands. They’re bringing it in. So now it’s invading our properties. TL: The issue with the monk seal is a serious issue because not only do they bring the restrictions with them when they bring the monk seal here – those restrictions that come with the monk seal actually extend on land as well – they go up to 2,000 feet now – above the shoreline – they’re talking about cats \[unclear\] killed a monk seal so your cats are in danger. No, the monk seal issue is a huge issue... RS: And they gonna increase – they had 200 now they’re talking about bringing back I think 500. I’m against that. And I told them. TL: And so are we - I don’t know about the Commission in general but I feel definitely against the monk seal thing. RS: But, that’s where the board, you guys should go to DLNR and fight that issue – say, eh, people are against it. But nobody’s come up with that... That’s part of the board to go and let the people know – that’s through NOAA. TL: I agree with you there. The monk seal in particular. RS: See, the NOAA meeting I went to at the University – we had brought that up – they find the guy who took the mouflon to Maui and then brought the Axis Deer from Maui to here – that guy got charged. At that time, my other friend had given them the name of the guy who brought all the monk seal from Northern Hawaiian and dropped them. What about him? He’s not supposed to be doing that. It’s an invasive stuff. And what does NOAA do? Nothing because they Feds I don’t think so – I don’t care if they talking about extinction or whatever – but don’t make your own rules. They’re not doing what they’re supposed to. TL: Getting back to your original comment about how do we get the word out – that is something we’ve been wrestling with and what we do – we actually do a fair bit of stuff here and the problem is, though, we’re not doing a good job of letting you know what we’re doing... RS: That’s why nowadays you don’t see, you know, the early part, all the hunters... you know, and my friends. They all hunters. They haven’t been coming for years... 27