2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 preservation of our resources – Pig Hunters in the past has been – has had a very, very good reputation – so I do thank you Abraham and I give you credit. Next I’d like to introduce Keen Umeda who is our new commissioner and I was hoping that Keen would get to the microphone and give us a little background as to who you are. KU: My name is Keen Umeda. I was very fortunate to be able to hunt in the 70s and 80s where our resources and animals were very plentiful. I’m here basically for our future, our kids – we need to get them out of this video game and TV and that’s my main concern. If they can do some hunting – I think that would really make a difference – not just in our county but in the world and I’m sure everyone knows what’s going on in our country – in our schools, you know, all this violence and if we can start now I think we can stop that. My background is – I’m an avid precision rifle shooter – I still compete – and I like to encourage people to get out there and hunt as well as target shoot. Thank you for your time. NP: Thank you. 2. James Manaku – Waianae Hunter and Subsistence Practitioner – DLNR Responsibilities for Protecting Our Resources TL: Thank you. Mr. Manaku – if you’d be kind enough to join us here - the floor’s yours and I’m gonna let Nani run this section. NP: No,no. I just want to thank you James Manaku. He flew all the way from Oahu to come be with us tonight and I really appreciate it. JM: I want to thank all of you - it’s so hard to get out information, yeah? As you know, I’m a recognized cultural subsistence PR actioner and gatherer by the State of Hawaii and by the Board of Water Supply. I was asked to come and share what I do. Actually, what I did was go according to the laws and the Constitution of the State of Hawaii – that’s what it is – and then, if we look at it – you’ll see that – in Article 12 7.1 – it says we have access and we have gathering, so I don’t hunt anymore – e kala mai – I go gather pork – or I go gather venison – or I go gather goat, you know, and first of all – I like to really thank our ancestors because, you know, you were right – when the proteins came to Hawaii, you know, it was so valuable, that our king accepted all of it: goats and the deer. Because they knew, if we never had the protein that was necessary – because they brought the pig – that we would end up like Easter Island, yeah? Cannibalizing ourselves, so, I want to thank them and I also want to thank the guys in 1959 – excuse me \[unclear\] – I’m Portuguese and I cannot talk like that – but anyway – so in 1959 they took the concern of our needs and that’s why Article 12 7.1 says we have the right to access and we have the right to gather but what I’d like to share is how I was taught and this Thursday I’ll be 72 – so I was hunting in the 50s. 12