2019 02-12 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 12, 2019 NP: Please. That would be great. JMG: Yeah, I will definitely come back to this meeting and let you guys know what the results on what was released into the ocean because like I said – like I told these guys before – our fishing buoys for our commercial fishermen – that put the fish in the markets that we all eat sashimi and poke and all that good stuff – that’s no more than 3 miles out though – out of Pepeekeo, you know. At night when we fish for ahi, you know, we sit on Pepeekeo buoy – the 900 fathoms and we drift up to Hakalau \[unclear\] – Hakalau buoy – which is at the 1500 fathom – now if the bagasse had travelled ten miles from Pepeekeo Plantation back when the plantation was moving – what makes them think that this chemical is not gonna travel to Kumukahi Point where the lava flow was, you know? That’s why it’s important for these guys to do what dye testing so they – cause you know they want to inject these chemicals into our aquafer – this percolating hot water – that’s gonna come out on the shoreline of our ocean where Hawaii fishermen fish for their dinner – I want to know where this thing come out – now why wouldn’t they want to do one dye test so we know that this chemical percolating hot water that’s gonna kill the reef, the fish – contaminate the fish – not only the bottom fish but the ahi, the ono, the mahimahi that is sitting out at our buoys – it’s not only five miles outside of Pepeekeo – like I said the bagasse went travel ten miles to Bayfront – another five miles to King’s Landing – this thing is – these chemicals are gonna travel because 26.1 million gallons every day from the aquifer? That’s a lot of water, you know, that they going be contaminating everyday to cool off the turbines of this plant that really not – we not going get nothing out of ‘em as a community – all we going get is sick people contaminated stuff in our communities, in our ocean, yeah. NP: When you collect the information, we could have somebody from the Department of Health and EPA come and tell us what’s up. We could invite them here and ask them to explain what they’re doing about it. We gotta hold them to it. JMG: We’ve been kinda holding ‘em to ‘em, you know, and we really got nothing back and I am the president of Pepeekeo Association and the liaison for them is the former president of Pepeekeo Association and what she’s done in the past speaks for exactly what is happening today – she really did nothing for our community but I really would like her to answer on why she would change the zoning for these \[unclear\] without the public – with our committee – well, our committee at least knowing about it, you know, so I get a lot of work on my hands and you guys will be the first people that I’ll come back with a report to let you guys know exactly how this thing fell out. TN: Would be important to add to your facts of information the reports from the doctors why people became sick and the related cause of their illness. 7