2019 01-29 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2019 study group function – pushing its personal agenda via a strict podding of recreational fishing communities and divide them into small groups and then with their combined method persuade each small group to have no alternative to say no. I was very disturbed and I didn’t know what was going on and what their whole intent was to give information that – through what has happened in Florida they wanted to apply here. Hawaii is a unique Island. I don’t feel they have the basis to register recreational fishing because how does a grandfather take a grandchild to just throw the pole in the water – it doesn’t matter what they catch or not – it’s the activity – that this group wants to put a registry and I need – what I’m asking for is to write a letter and I’m being pro- active – we draft a letter – present it to Mayor Kim – and say we oppose any registry permit and licensing of recreational fishing and that’s my motion for tonight. I’m not sure how everyone else feels about this but I was very disturbed that Conservation International did not allow the public to speak at both meetings and they only wanted to – it’s supposed to have – they wanted – their sign said exchange of information and every time anyone in Kona or Hilo wanted to ask a question they were shut down. So I’m very disturbed about that. BKK: This is Kalei. What was the motion? TN: The motion is to – for GMAC to write a communication letter to have the approval of our Mayor to put a letter together stating our constitutional right of Article 11, Section 6 and it states the word of the law shall be free to the public. It’s a constitutional law – I want to attach that law along with Article 12, Section 7 and our position. NP: Teresa would you write that letter? TN: I did... NP: And then can we have time to read it and next meeting agree and then you can put it in the mail... TN: Did we make copies for everybody? BKK: I don’t think so... TN: If you want to Nani, you can read it... NP: I fully support your stand Teresa. TN: It’s just a communication to have Mayor Kim to approve that we send these things – this is being pro-active – there’s no bills – there’s no legislative going through this legislative session asking for an RPL registry permit and license. But I want to be pro-active – I want to say that for this State of Hawaii – we’re 22