Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1883, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure sustainable stocks of fish and good catch of nearshore fish for subsistence needs for the Miloli'i community in South Kona.

Specifically, this measure designates the Miloli'i fisheries management area in South Kona as a community based subsistence fishing area to preserve and maintain the area's legacy as a traditional Hawaiian fishing village.

Your Committee finds that the population growth along the South Kona coast and continued development in the area negatively impact the delicate balance of subsistence living practiced in Miloli'i on the island of Hawaii. As Miloli'i is one of the last predominantly traditional Hawaiian fishing villages, it relies on the catch of nearshore fish for its subsistence and nutritional needs. As such, your Committee believes that it behooves the State to establish the Miloli'i fisheries management area as a community based subsistence fishing area to ensure that there are sustainable stocks of fish for this traditional Hawaiian lifestyle that may otherwise become extinct if action is not taken now to preserve these resources.

Upon further review, your Committee amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1883, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1883, S.D. 2.