STAND. COM. REP. NO.  93-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2357

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2357 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN KONOHIKI MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to work toward better managing Hawaii's ocean and marine resources by authorizing the Aha Moku Advisory Committee, in consultation with fishery communities engaging in traditional Hawaiian fishery sustainability practices, to provide advice on establishing and applying traditional konohiki management practices to restore fishery food stocks and environmental well-being.

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Hui Malama o Mo‘omomi, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  An individual provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, and Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2357 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair