Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1112 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the survival of the Miloli'i community on the South Kona Coast of the Big Island as a traditional Hawaiian fishing village. This bill seeks to ensure the long-term sustainability of near-shore marine fish populations by designating the Miloli'i fisheries management area as a community-based subsistence fishing area.

Pa'a Pono Miloli'i, a grassroots organization based in Miloli'i, testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1112 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.