Bill Text: HI HCR116 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - (H) Referred to WLO/EEP, HAW, FIN, referral sheet 47 [HCR116 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR116-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COASTAL AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING INITIATIVE OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, INTERAGENCY OCEAN POLICY TASK FORCE.
WHEREAS, the federal government through the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force is commencing an initiative to manage coastal marine areas using a process called coastal and marine spatial planning; and
WHEREAS, coastal marine areas are the boundaries of all of the Hawaiian Islands; and
WHEREAS, the native Hawaiian community has the longest historical utilization of these coastal areas; and
WHEREAS, the native Hawaiian community traditional access and gathering rights are being diminished, threatening traditional cultural practices; and
WHEREAS, the interruption of long and continuous uses diminishes the rights of native Hawaiians and further prevents traditional cultural practitioners from participating in natural resources management; and
WHEREAS, the current rules and regulations regarding coastal marine areas favor recreational and other uses over traditional cultural practices, interrupting long and continuous activity that is the test for traditional cultural rights and practices; and
WHEREAS, the native Hawaiian community wishes to manage their coastal marine resources based upon the resources and practices prevalent in their areas, place-based management using traditional values and generational knowledge, the system of best practices for natural resources management in Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, submerged lands underlying all of the navigable waters of the State are ceded lands and ceded lands are held in trust for the benefit of native Hawaiians under section 5(f) of the Admission Act (Public Law 86-3); and
WHEREAS, rules and regulations that govern the use and disposition of these ceded lands and the natural resources on them are created without consultation or compensation to the native Hawaiian beneficiaries, leaving native Hawaiian communities without a voice or representation in the process; and
WHEREAS, Kamehameha III divided the lands and natural resources in Hawaii between the crown, chiefs, and commoners (maka ‘ainana), and the crown and chiefs are no longer present, leaving the maka ‘ainana responsible for the disposition, protection, and health of these lands and resources; and
WHEREAS, the maka ‘ainana cannot relinquish their responsibility to Hawaii, these lands, and their ancestors and must participate in the rules and regulations and the disposition of their trust; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that the State of Hawaii, particularly the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Department of Health, are urged to participate in the coastal and marine spatial planning initiative of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Director of Health, and the Chairperson of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
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Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
