The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-01
CONSERVATIONOF
fISH AND GAMEOF
TERRITORY Urged
fiN Ill 'lAul 4
First Steps To Secure Commits
sion With Such Powers Have
~ @''tFB Been Taken
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
:" PLEDGES HEARTY SUPPORT
JkIhiS WAi % Az He Can To As
>'' Sist Sportsnnen Who Are
Backing Move

First definite. steps in a move to Sc,
cure for Hawaii territorial fish and
game commission were taken yesterday
at a conference between Delegate KuhiO
and n number of representative men
ton in Hawaii. The purpose of the
move is TO accomplish the conservation
and development of the fish, game and
aquatic plant resources of the Islands
and to provide for the importation and
establishment here of the fish and game
that would thrive best in this climate.
The object of the commission would
be two fold according to those who arc
studying the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or
commercial lines and building up Of
fish and game species for the sports of
fishing and hunting.
W. M Templeton of Wahiaws is one
Of the leaders in the movement for the
the conferehee yesterday.
preliminary moves only
"These are only the preliminary
steps" he explained, "to discover what
is needed to get such n commission for
the Territory and accomplish the work
that is so sOrely needed
Delegate Kuhio promised to do all
in his power to aid the spOrtsmen who
are backing the move. The Delegate
will take up the subject in Washington
to determine what Legislative steps are
necessary by congress and will present
and press bill il necessary. The I'm
Gncinl arrangement to support the com
mission as between the Territory and
the federal government will also be in,
vestigated,,
Safeguard Game and Fish
. Mr.. Templeton yesterday explained
that the prime need of the commission
is to prevent the determination of the
fish, game and plant life for which Ha,
wai Is famous.
1--WE need TO protect what we have
and we need TO build up and import
what will best thrive here" said Mr.
Templeton, 1.-THE Hawaii Tuna Club is
heartily in favor of this movement as
are larger number Of army officers
interested in fishing and hunting on
the Islands. We need fsh-hatcheries
on the Islands and we should have the
same aid from the United States bureau
of fisheries as is given in the States
and other Territories.
As an outline Of the situation, Mr.
Templeton has a letter from Ernest
Sehaeffie, secretary of the California
Fish and Game Commission, which MT
Templeton declares clearly presents the
problem in Hawaii.
The letter in part follows:
Conservation Needed
Prom what you have told me and
from what have read relative to dew
clipping and conserving the fish, gamt
and aquatic plant resources of the Is
lands, am very much of the opinion
that Hawaii has many of the same pro
blems and opportunities that are to bC
found in California and the other Coast
al States, with other problems and oP
portunities peculiarly its own.
obviously, before your people car
know what they have in the way Of
fish, game and aquatic plant resources
and before they can begin to do any
thing, with such resources, q careful
survey and census would have to b
made, just as we are now doing in Cal
ifOrnia--about forty years late! Man.
Of our species have been eEterminateC
or wasted, while the value and possible
uses Of others remain unknown TO
want of proper and sufficient knOwl
edge. Those conditions the presen
fish and game commission is trying u
remedy under difficulty and at grca
cost, which would not be the case If
proper preparation had been made TO
exploiting and conserving the wild hf
resources.
without going over the situation
il is impossible TO satisfactorily out
fine program, but | would Suggest
now that you have honored me with
request for such suggestion, that tn
Territory should provide for a surVe,
by a competent expert of the wild bird
Wild shimal, fish and aquatic plant SIT
uatiOn. Such a survey might be mad
: I'm; three months and it might need
year for even n beginning. 1t "oul