2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 TL: I can get that to you Teresa. TN: OK. And his email? And Rick, could I have your contact number and your email also? RW: Yes, that would be no problem. TN: Oh, well, contact number is good, James, I want to put you in touch with other hunters here on the island so you have a more supportive group – an organized group – and this is what this island needs and every island – all the hunters need to be supported of the efforts that you have put it into and so if you can talk to the hunters that already have organizations here, I mean, there’s – we have about four organizations here on the west side that you could talk to and I would like to put them in touch with you. JM: Oh, thank you, I’m so grateful for Tom I hope they’re filming this so that they can send it to you and, you know, if you need anything other than what I’ve been sharing, you know, I’d be more than glad to come, as I told Tom, this is our future generations that we’re looking at and we need to protect their rights and... TN: Well, this is what I think is lacking is the unity of all hunters to pull together and take a more legal approach because no one is listening. JM: Yes, ma’am. TN: Not our legislators, not DLNR, not DOFAW, no matter how much we speak as GMAC they’re not listening – no matter how many speakers Tom brings to us they’re still not listening – but if the people speak and they become organized – this is what’s lacking and so maybe we don’t have to have a law suit if we are organized and have our voices heard. When our voices are not heard then something is broken in the system. JM: Yes, ma’am. TN: So let us come in contact with one another, Tom, I would love to be in contact with James and Rick. Mahalo. RW: I would just like to add one more thing to this and that is that I think it’s a great idea – in other words to bring the hunters together but I think we really have to step back and look at this from a bigger perspective. We’re running a back- to-basics campaign – feed ourselves, feed our islands, sustainable agriculture – this is all agriculture. What I’m seeing here and what I’m hearing here tonight is it’s gonna take a lot bigger union than just the hunters. In other words, if we can bring our farmers, our ranchers, our hunters and our fishing 18