March and April AQ Reported Catch
- Request to:
- Department of Land & Natural Resources
- Law used:
- State of Hawaii UIPA
- Status of this request:
- Request Successful
- Summary of Request
- Aquarium catch, including species and island, to date, since March 25 stay-at-home, non-essential business emergency proclamation. Since AQ is a non-essential business, we are seeking this info ASAP, as it points to illegal activity.
- Rene Umberger (For the Fishes)
- 05/04/2020
- Department of Land & Natura...
- 05/19/2020
- Rene Umberger (For the Fishes)
- 05/21/2020
- Department of Land & Natura...
- 05/21/2020
- Rene Umberger (For the Fishes)
- 05/26/2020
- Department of Land & Natura...
- 05/26/2020
Messages in this request
From | Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) |
Subject | Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 4, 2020, 2:42 a.m. |
To | Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Status | Awaiting response |
Attachments |
Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.
Aquarium catch, including species and island, to date, since March 25 stay-at-home, non-essential business emergency proclamation.
Since AQ is a non-essential business, we are seeking this info ASAP, as it points to illegal activity.
Mahalo,
Rene Umberger
For the Fishes
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Rene Umberger (For the Fishes)
- 4 years, 7 months agoMay 4, 2020, 2:43 a.m.: Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) sent a message to Department of Land & Natural Resources.
From | DLNR CO UIPA – Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Subject | Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 19, 2020, 2:31 p.m. |
Status | Request resolved |
Hi Rene,
Here’s the info in response to this request. Sorry for the delay.
Reported Commercial Aquarium Species Collected from Oahu since 3/25/2020 as of May 8, 2020
species
code
No. reporting collectors
no. kept
no. sold
value
Yellow Tang
115
3
526
526
$3,027
Potter's Angelfish
220
3
42
42
$336
Clown Tang
118
3
39
39
$141
Please note:
* Only data aggregated from 3 or more individual licensees is disclosed.
________________________________
From: Rene Umberger < <name and email address> >
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 12:44 PM
To: DLNR CO UIPA < <name and email address> >
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332]
Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following
records in electronic format sent to my email address.
Aquarium catch, including species and island, to date, since March 25
stay-at-home, non-essential business emergency proclamation.
Since AQ is a non-essential business, we are seeking this info ASAP, as it
points to illegal activity.
Mahalo,
Rene Umberger
For the Fishes
- 4 years, 7 months agoMay 19, 2020, 2:31 p.m.: Received an email from Department of Land & Natural Resources.
From | Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) |
Subject | Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 21, 2020, 10:16 a.m. |
To | Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Mahalo Bin,
OK, I see the problem...
I'm trying to get the number of fish captured for AQ, by island. At this point, the species don't matter and the number of collectors aren't essential.
Are you able to provide the data for Hawaii Island, then, with the # of fish only? And add the number of collectors only if it doesn't reduce what you can report in terms of # of fish?
We've documented dozens and dozens and dozens of containers shipped from Kona by AQ collectors/dealers since March 25...
Mahalo,
Rene
- 4 years, 7 months agoMay 21, 2020, 10:16 a.m.: Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) sent a message to Department of Land & Natural Resources.
From | DLNR CO UIPA – Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Subject | Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 21, 2020, 3:32 p.m. |
Hi Rene,
Hawaii Island data are still confidential when we group all the species together. This is due to less than 3 total fishers reporting.
Sorry for that.
Bin
________________________________
From: Rene Umberger < <name and email address> >
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 8:16 PM
To: DLNR CO UIPA < <name and email address> >
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332]
Mahalo Bin,
OK, I see the problem...
I'm trying to get the number of fish captured for AQ, by island. At this
point, the species don't matter and the number of collectors aren't essential.
Are you able to provide the data for Hawaii Island, then, with the # of fish
only? And add the number of collectors only if it doesn't reduce what you
can report in terms of # of fish?
We've documented dozens and dozens and dozens of containers shipped from
Kona by AQ collectors/dealers since March 25...
Mahalo,
Rene
- 4 years, 7 months agoMay 21, 2020, 3:32 p.m.: Received an email from Department of Land & Natural Resources.
From | Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) |
Subject | Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 26, 2020, 2:39 p.m. |
To | Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Hi Bin,
Could use a bit of clarification here. We know that multiple licensees are listed on trip reports, though just one does the official reporting.
Are you excluding those people, and only counting the person who submitted the report? So for example, a trip report that lists 1 primary, and 1 or more add'l licensee's is just counted as one?
Thanks for your assistance!
Rene
...
Sincerely yours
Rene Umberger
- 4 years, 6 months agoMay 26, 2020, 2:39 p.m.: Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) sent a message to Department of Land & Natural Resources.
From | DLNR CO UIPA – Department of Land & Natural Resources |
Subject | Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332] |
Date | May 26, 2020, 4:31 p.m. |
Hi Rene,
The official answer to your question is "Yes". Only the primary licensee or captain is responsible for the reporting.
Bin
________________________________
From: Rene Umberger < <name and email address> >
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:39 AM
To: DLNR CO UIPA < <name and email address> >
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Records Request for Department of Land & Natural Resources: March and April AQ Reported Catch [#332]
Hi Bin,
Could use a bit of clarification here. We know that multiple licensees are
listed on trip reports, though just one does the official reporting.
Are you excluding those people, and only counting the person who submitted
the report? So for example, a trip report that lists 1 primary, and 1 or more
add'l licensee's is just counted as one?
Thanks for your assistance!
Rene
...
Sincerely yours
Rene Umberger
- 4 years, 6 months agoMay 26, 2020, 4:31 p.m.: Received an email from Department of Land & Natural Resources.
- 4 years agoDec. 9, 2020, 5:26 a.m.: Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) set status to 'Request Successful'.
- 3 years, 7 months agoMay 21, 2021, midnight: Rene Umberger (For the Fishes) made the request 'March and April AQ Reported Catch' public.