2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 TL: I don’t mean to interrupt – it’s somewhere in here you and I had talked about what you were seeing about what they’re doing with the lands and the game that’s entrusted to them... JM: OK. Tom, I actually came here for another reason also. You see, as a concerned parent, grandparent and great-grandparent, you know, a few generations, you know, I’m looking at how we can somehow make the DLNR become responsible for their responsibilities they accepted which is to protect the three Ps anyway, but anyway, you know, I’m so sorry, but that’s their duty – that’s what their job description says – it doesn’t say, oh, well, you know what – we going kill this animals because they doing this. If they had a problem they should have came see all of us because you know they – all of us on every island can use free meat. As you guys know – just today, you know, our President just went – oh, he thought he was slick – he went put tariffs on the Third World Countries – that’s what they did to us – they made it worse for us because presently you guys know we’re in the Jones Act so everything that comes here has to go to the West Coast first – taken off the ships, stored, then taken back and put on our ships with American crews and send ‘em down here – so our – all of our food that we getting here it beginning to become ridiculous, you know, so it’s so important that all of these people that accepting all of these lands will understand – it’s our livelihood. It’s our way of life. And, you know, if they – you having a problem with that – please tell us – don’t go and hire somebody because they shooting ‘em from the helicopters. Excuse me, but, you know, I’m not throwing anybody one lie or anything but I know they shooting from the helicopters – that’s the only way you can shoot a lot of goats and then on Oahu they using silencers. One night – one day I went up there – I found fifteen goats one place. Any of you hunt? One shot – what happens? No, no. But say, for instance, you shot the animal and he died that one shot? You see, if you get 200 goats – they never stay right there and wait for you shoot fifteen more of them. The first thing they going do is that. So I found out that they – I’m not sure it was the State but I know the military went allow them to use that on their side of our valley and side and I’m totally against that because, you know, when they shooting this up they don’t know about us guys in there trying to provide food for our family or medicine – so It’s so important – I don’t know how we can do this – but I think – I was attending a lot of the Department of Land and Natural Resources meeting and I been trying to tell them and every time when I bring up a concern they tell me but no worry – you no have to worry because we not – like the fishing license. If you notice it said non, \[unclear\] Hawaiian – they should have said non-residents but, ah, but they said non, non – the kind how they do it – Alaska – but, you know, it’s getting hard for us and it’s getting harder for me because that’s an example. I’m not pure 13