I flew to the island of Kauai two days after. Sitting at the airport I was determine to fly to the island because I had no communication with my ohana. National guard was on site in front of 7 eleven. Red cross from the US was on it's way, and all emergency was preparing for this influx of people rather than the infants that was just born and in need of water. Local people was not on the radar. Protecting the corporate insurance companies from dishing out their checks was on the minds of the military. It soon was a joke!
But through family ties, the people of Kauai survived. So what is the point!
We need to continue the fight for access (George Helm alaloa) gathering rights, splintered paddle law, and other things that our ancestors taught us to malama the aina!
Not only were we beefing over our ancestors aina norms and values with the City of Honolulu, we were also in full on confrontation with Na Kanaka ignorance of Makaha Hawaiian Civic clubs foolishness.
Ashton Brown a three year old was a ritual killing and the club took advantage of this and declared Mt. Lahilahi as a US Bird Shit place! A human sacrifice always takes on a new level of action for politicians and their acts of vengeance upon the citizens. I once asked Papa Mau about the importance of 'rituals' and he said we need to continue on rituals. I understood his thinking, however, the contemporary Hawaiians take on the foreign'er's rituals without understanding their origins from foreign practice.
Need to attend these meetings and stop the Bird Shit mentality:
PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GET INPUT ON UPDATING OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN
The CZM Program is specifically seeking input from a wide variety of stakeholders and ocean users, including Native Hawaiians. If you are a fisher or a surfer, an opihi picker or the owner of an aquaculture farm, a canoe paddler or a farmer, your input is important. Come share what’s happening on your island or community and provide input on ocean resource management for the next version of the ORMP. Public listening sessions will be held on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi, and on both the East and West sides of Hawaiʻi Island:
Please Join Us!
Open House: 5:30-6:30PM
Formal Presentation: 6:30PM
Followed by Questions and Answer Session till pau
KAUAI
Wednesday, April 25
Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary School Cafeteria
4319 Hardy Street
Lihue
OAHU
Tuesday, May 2
Waianae District Park
Multi-Purpose Room
85-601 Farrington Highway
Waianae
WEST HAWAII
Wednesday, May 16
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
Kailua-Kona
EAST HAWAII
Thursday, May 17
Hilo High School Cafeteria
556 Waianuenue Avenue
Hilo
LANAI
Tuesday, May 22
* Meeting Starts at 6PM
Lanai Senior Center
309 Seventh Street
Lanai City
MAUI
Wednesday, May 23
Paia Community Center
Hana Highway
Paia
MOLOKAI
Wednesday, May 30
Mitchell Pauole Community Center
90 Ainoa Street
Kaunakakai
The Hawaiʻi Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP) sets forth guiding principles and recommendations for the State of Hawaiʻi to achieve comprehensive and integrated ocean and coastal resources management. Section 205A-62, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, charges the Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program, with the review and periodic update of the ORMP, as well as coordination of overall implementation of the plan. The ORMP was last updated in December of 2006, and takes a place-based approach to management of ocean resources in the islands, based on recognition of the ecological connections between the land and sea, the link between human activities and its impacts on the environment, and the need for improved collaboration and stewardship in natural resources governance.
Previous versions of this plan go back to 1985, however, the 2006 ORMP builds on traditional Hawaiian management principles and lessons from past efforts, promoting a shift toward integrated and area-based approaches to natural and cultural resources management that require greater collaboration among jurisdictional authorities and that will catalyze community involvement and stewardship. This powerful management system embraces practices and relationships between the land, ocean and the community, as stewards of the resources. And it recognizes the need for the community and government to work together in collaboration.
The 2006 ORMP is defined by three Guiding Perspectives:
* Perspective 1: Connecting Land and Sea
Careful and appropriate use of the land is required to maintain the diverse array of ecological, social, cultural, and economic benefits we derive from sea.
* Perspective 2: Preserving Our Ocean Heritage
A vibrant and healthy ocean environment is the foundation for the quality of life valued in Hawai‘i and the well-being of its people, now and for generations to come.
* Perspective 3: Promoting Collaboration and Stewardship
Working together and sharing knowledge, experience, and resources will improve and sustain our efforts to care for the land and sea.
Because change takes time, four phases of implementation were recognized. The ORMP maps incremental 5-year management priorities to embark on a new course of action and achieve the primary goal: to improve and sustain the ecological, cultural, economic, and social benefits we derive from ocean resources today and for future generations. The first phase, termed Demonstration, has started and begins to demonstrate how the guiding perspectives are being implemented through various partnerships throughout the state.Moving into the second phase, termed Adaptation, the perspectives would start being applied throughout all islands and in all areas. This leads to the third phase of Institutionalization that would come about ten years later in 2021. The final phase, Mainstreaming, is expected by twenty years, around 2030.
Seeking Your Input on the Update of the Plan
The CZM Program is currently updating the 2006 ORMP by conducting an evaluation of the first five years of implementation, identifying areas of focus for the next five years, and determining how the ORMP should be refined or changed to incorporate new issues. The evaluation and update of the 2006 ORMP will last about eighteen months and will be completed in mid-2013. There will be multiple ways to provide input, and the first such opportunity is by attending one of the public listening sessions scheduled for April and May of this year.
The CZM Program is specifically seeking input from a wide variety of stakeholders and ocean users, including Native Hawaiians. If you are a fisher or a surfer, an opihi picker or the owner of an aquaculture farm, a canoe paddler or a farmer, your input is important. Come share what’s happening on your island or community and provide input on ocean resource management for the next version of the ORMP. Public listening sessions will be held on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi, and on both the East and West sides of Hawaiʻi Island:
Please Join Us!
Open House: 5:30-6:30PM
Formal Presentation: 6:30PM
Followed by Questions and Answer Session till pau
KAUAI
Wednesday, April 25
Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary School Cafeteria
4319 Hardy Street
Lihue
OAHU
Tuesday, May 2
Waianae District Park
Multi-Purpose Room
85-601 Farrington Highway
Waianae
WEST HAWAII
Wednesday, May 16
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
Kailua-Kona
EAST HAWAII
Thursday, May 17
Hilo High School Cafeteria
556 Waianuenue Avenue
Hilo
LANAI
Tuesday, May 22
* Meeting Starts at 6PM
Lanai Senior Center
309 Seventh Street
Lanai City
MAUI
Wednesday, May 23
Paia Community Center
Hana Highway
Paia
MOLOKAI
Wednesday, May 30
Mitchell Pauole Community Center
90 Ainoa Street
Kaunakakai
If you are unable to attend any of the meetings, you may provide written comments regarding the update of the ORMP by sending them to the address below, or by emailing the Hawaiʻi CZM Program at: ormp_update@dbedt.hawaii.gov
For more information on the evaluation and update of the 2006 ORMP, please contact the Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management Program.
Hawaiʻi Coastal Zone Management Program
State of Hawaii, Office of Planning
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804
808-587-2846
http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/czm/
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