Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 92 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to act on the stated title of this concurrent resolution.

Your committee finds that Hawaii is blessed with opportunities for shoreline and big game ocean fishing but offers limited opportunities for freshwater fishing.

Your committee further finds that public freshwater fishing areas are of great importance to the surrounding local communities by providing valuable access to fishing resources for subsistence and recreational purposes.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of this measure.

Your committee amended this resolution by incorporating DLNR suggestions:

(1) Holding public meetings rather than public hearings when

meeting with the public for purpose of exchanging

information and ideas.

(2) Prioritizing DLNR's workload and taking action as

permitted by available resources on:

a) Repairing and improvement of existing piers;

b) Determining where piers once existed; and

c) Determining the location for new piers based on

public input.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 92, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 92, H.D. 1.