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The KJRC has adopted administrative rules (HAR Chapter 13-260 - attached) which try to 

 balance : 



■ Hawaiian "customary and traditional practices"; 



• Protecting public safety; 



• The sustainability of the resources in the Reserve; 



• Subsistence uses; 



• Trust status for eventual transfer to a sovereign Hawaiian entity. 



The Commission is presently receiving proposals to develop an Ocean Management Plan for 

 the Reserve in order to gather information and management strategies for: 



■ the unsafe conditions of the Reserve; 



• areas around the island which serve as natural hatcheries; 



• ecosystem types and communities 



• traditional fishing ko'a 



• enforcement and administration, and 



• habitat restoration. 



The Commission will use this Management Plan to formulate potential amendments to the 

 rules. 



Recognition of indigenous needs, values and traditional management practices by the Federal 

 government is very encouraging and the Kaho'lawe Island Reserve Commission hopes to 

 work with the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Council in this area if the proposed 

 amendment becomes law. 



Mahalo for the opportunity to testify. 



