STAND. COM. REP. NO.  863-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2357

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, 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 Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, and the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2357, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2357, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair