2019 02-12 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 12, 2019 JMG: I’m talking about Huhonua Power and Energy Plant – I really don’t know why people would be supporting this stuff. There’s one reason I can think of but I don’t think I should disclose that at this time because it’s not for me to say but really – we’re not getting nothing out of this thing. They said we’ll cheaper power – we’re not gonna get cheaper power – it’s gonna be twenty times more than what it is now. Yes, sir? SM: What do you want the Commission to do about this –– cause in my mind it’s the Department of Health or you guys sending your guys own stuff out. JMG: I’m here to give an update. Thank you Mr. Mendes, sorry about that but, I talked with Auntie Teresa with her a lot of times cause I try to protect the rights of our local people – the rights of gathering food for put on their table, yeah, um, at this point now – we’re in a position where these guys are being allowed to do everything wrong and I say we cannot trust Department of Health because number one – I reached out to them before the spill – letting them know that our shoreline was being polluted. The response was if I had evidence – I said no, but I will have evidence. Two days later I had evidence. They was out there the day of our hearing up that Imiloa for a Huhonua – Huhonua never came to talk and answer questions – they came to debate us – so I ask you guys as a commission – I want to know what can you guys do for my community because really I don’t think our county council person can do it by herself, you know, because she’s fighting her own fight over in Ookala. I would like this Commission to tell me what we can do? TN: This is Teresa. He’s asking for our assistance – if we can write a correspondence because it’s affecting their gathering rights. When we take care of mountain to ocean it’s about them gathering – now that I’ve heard that they have illness because they’re eaten the fish that has gotten pollution now I’m gonna talk with Jared cause he’s part of my Committee of Traditional Practices and we need evidence and he’s gathering evidence for us – so this is in the works and he’s here to report to us that which is affecting his rights to feed his family. JMG: When I took over this committee two years ago – I told them we need to keep track of our own resources \[unclear\] you going go pick opihis – that’s fine – don’t forget the next person. You going pick opihis – don’t forget to take a sandwich ziplock bag – fill that buggah up – and as you leave the aina – put it back in somewhere else. Let me know where you got it from – log it down – time, date, area – and where you release it back into the ocean: time, date, area – and I’ll keep this log so that we can keep track of our resources instead of having people come in that the Aquatics Division and DLNR are funding to do research that really – I went to their meetings – we’re not 4