2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 subsistence. And I suspect that those in Puna – where I live – and I see these guys everyday – but there’s a large number of them too that depend upon both fish and game and so these are things that we agree with you on and we are wanting to do what we can and – you know Josiah Drury? JM: Ah, no... TL: OK. He’s Commissioner for State GMAC he’s been working with your group out in Waianae and with Michael Sturm? And Pooya \[John Motlah\]? And in fact Pooya and Josiah were involved in something the other day but... JM: Zacariah? TL: Yes. JM: Yeah. Yeah, I’ve been in touch with him and he’s been seeing that like you know like we’ve been discussing and he recognizes that yes – you know, fortunately, they \[unclear\] losing sight of the subsistence that we depending on, you know, the rest of the workers – I know him very well. TL: So our commission here is – one of the intents of our commission here is to preserve these rights. JM: Thank you. NP: I just wanted to say we have been fighting in the County Council level and we’ve got a lot of things through there but only to be shot down by the State continuously. NP: The voice of the people is not recognized... RW: And I guess that’s one of my questions – “Home Rule” was brought up to, you know, into our discussion last time and I really wondered how it can actually be applied because it really seems like, you know, if we have the State constantly getting in our way and I do see that as the biggest problem we’re facing right now – not just with the hunters and fishermen – but also our farmers and ranchers. In other words – when does the voice of the people be heard? In other words – we’ve elected them – when does the voice be heard? NP: We’ve stomped the pavement at the Legislature and that HCR 22 was one of the things that we got accomplished only for it to be ignored. 16