It was quite interesting that Tom Berg was asking for a testing of the sediments as oppose to just testing for the worms in the water. At Pokai Bay we have MARSE everywhere because of the poorly built sea wall during the World War II.
As for iwi removal, I'm not in agreement for any removal of iwi. Nothing is protected --the ukana, the differences of opinion, all iwi's in Hawaii can be removed. Construction companies are deemed distructive to anything that has culture significance.
Too much interference and not enough understanding as to what are our real goals.
As for fishing, I don't care about the US Continental fishing style with truck, chair, hooks, EZ-tent, male recreation, they should stay home! The gathering rights for native--our old folks walked for miles to the shore and carried their opihi, limu, and bag home! We as children carried our father's bag home. Beverly Hills definition for recreation should remain on the California coast for Californians..that is what the attorney should have said to Judge Acoba.
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The 'iwi' get's mixed up in people's emotions, it seems that some people are different in their views.
We were there at Kawaihao Church to stop the Iwi from being removed. But that took on a whole new violent action that seems to be on going. Veterans of the US Armed Forces love to prey on Native Hawaiian women and their children. Just as they did with Gail Prejean an AIM member that went to any early grave because of the 'veterans' that scratched and clawed at the heels of the sovereignty movement.