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StudyGroup

FeasibilityofaNoncommercialMarineFishingLicenseinHawai‘i

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CharterofCommitments

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I. PurposeoftheCharter. ThisdocumentdescribesthepurposeandproceduresoftheStudyGroupfordeterminingthefeasibilityofanoncommercialmarinefishinglicenseinHawai‘ibeingconductedduring

2016.TheCharterservesasa“termsofreference”documentandisintendedtohelpus

meetouraspirationsandschedulesandengageindisciplinedandproductivediscussions.ItisflexibleandcanbeamendedorchangedbyamajorityofStudyGroupmembers. II. Mission. Theproject,fundedbygrantsfromfederalandlocalfundersbutconductedindependently,

bringstogetherknowledgeablescientific,technical,policy,andstakeholdergroupperspectivestotrytoanswerthefollowingquestions: 1. WhatpurposesandgoalsaretobeservedbycreatingaStateofHawai’inoncommercial

marinefishinglicense,registration,orpermittingsystem?

2. WhatarethedifferentoptionsandmodelstoconsiderforHawai’iandwhatarethe

respectiveprosandconsforeach?

3. Howwouldeachofoptionsbenefitandimpactdifferentstakeholderinterestsin

Hawai‘i?

4. IsthereoneoptionthatmaximizespotentialbenefitsandminimizesimpactstoHawai‘i’sofallormoststakeholders?

5. Ifthereisapossible“yes”tooneormoreoptions,whatshouldbedonetoenactoneof

them?

Appendix A

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Thesequestionsaresubjecttofurtherrefinementduringthedeliberations. III. Membership. MembersoftheJFFStudyGroupare:

1. JoshuaDeMello-WesternPacificRegionalFisheryManagementCouncil2. ChristopherHawkins,Ph.D.-WesternPacificRegionalFisheryManagementCouncil,

SocialScientist 3. JackKittinger,Ph.D.–ConservationInternational,Hawai‘iProgramDirector4. AarinGross,J.D.–ConservationInternational,Hawai‘iProgramManager5. EricCo–HaroldK.L.CastleFoundation,SeniorProgramOfficerforMarine

Conservation 6. PhilFernandez–Hawai‘iFishermen’sAllianceforConservationandTradition,

President 7. EdWatamura–WaialuaBoatClub 8. FrankFarm–Ali‘iHoloKaiDiveClub 9. McGrewF.Rice–IhuNuiKonaSportfishing 10. KevinChang–Kua‘ainaUluAuamo(KUA) 11. DaveItano–FisheriesConsultant(OHA)?)

Ex Officio members who bring specialized knowledge and expertise to the table are:

12. WayneTanaka-OfficeofHawaiianAffairs 13. BruceAnderson–DivisionofAquaticResources,Administrator 14. AltonMiyasaka–DivisionofAquaticResources,FisheriesProgramManager 15. MichaelFujimoto–DivisionofAquaticResources,DistrictProgramManager 16. DavidSakoda,J.D.–DepartmentofLandandNaturalResources,MarineLawFellow

AdditionalStudyGroupmembers,includingexofficioones,maybeadded.Othersmaybe

askedtoprovideinformationandperspectivesorserveasliaisonstotheJFFeffort. IV. OrganizationandCoordination. TheprojectwillbefacilitatedbyPeterS.Adler,PhDandKeithMattsonofACCORD3.0. MattRamsey,NOAAHawai‘iFisheriesExtensionAgentwillassistwithfacilitationand

technicalsupport.JhanaYoungandAarinGrossfromConservationInternationalwillassist

withresearch,projectadministration,andlogistics. ThejoboftheProjectTeamistohelptheStudyGrouptoaddresskeyissuesandcometothehighestpossibleconsensus.Aspartoftheeffort,theProjectTeamwillfacilitateaJoint

FactFinding(JFF)processonspecificissuesidentifiedbytheStudyGroupwiththegoalof

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aidingthedevelopmentofconsensusfindingsandrecommendations.Adler,Mattsonand

theteamwillhelptheStudyGroupprepareforandmanagemeetings,helpidentifyandprioritizecriticalissues,organizestudymaterials,andchairthedeliberationssothatthe

JFF’spurposesareaccomplishedandsummarizedinafinalreport.Morespecifically,theteamcanbeexpectedto:

• Ensurethatareasonablydiverserangeofknowledgeableperspectivesisbroughttobearondiscussions.

• Ensurethatnoonegrouporpersonisallowedtohijackordominatediscussionsor

todisadvantagetheexpressionofotherperspectives.

• EncourageallmembersoftheStudyGrouptoarticulatetheirquestions,concerns,

andsuggestionstoproduceacomprehensivegroupeffort

• RemainimpartialonthesubstanceoftheissuesbeingdiscussedwhileproactivelyensuringthatallStudyGroupmemberscollectivelyprioritizewhichissuesaremost

importanttostudyanddiscuss.

• EnsurethatmembersoftheStudyGroupunderstandthattheycannotuseAdlerand

histeamtoadvanceanypro-orcon-advocacyagendas.

• EncouragemembersoftheStudyGrouptoworktogether,buildandmaintaincohesion,andworktowardsthehighestlevelsofcongruent,fact-informed

conclusionsthatcanbeachieved.

• Encouragethefullestdisclosureandexchangeofinformationvitaltoaccomplishing

theStudyGroup’sthreegoals. V. TheSpiritoftheProcess. FortheStudyGroupandtheprojectteam,thiswillbeacollaborativeandnon-adversarialprocess.Itwillnotpitoneorientationorfactionagainstothers.Instead,itwillinvolve

mutualinquiryandcollectivedialoguewhereeachmemberisguidedbythefollowing

principles:(1)betoughontheproblems;(2)beeasyandcollegialwitheachother;(3)focusonthebestdataandevidenceavailablewhileunderstandingthatmuchdataremains

incomplete;and(4)bewillingtomodifypersonalandcollectiveviewswhenthecumulativeevidencepointsinadifferentdirectionthanyouthought. VI. RulesoftheRoad.

1. KNOWLEDGE.StudyGroupmembersarechosenfortheir(a)diversetypesofknowledge,experience,andexpertiseinareasrelatedtononcommercialfishing

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activitiesormarineresourcemanagement,policy,orresearch;and(b)their

commitmenttoworkcollaborativelywithothers.

2. VOLUNTEERS.Membersofthegroupserveasvolunteersandcommittoserveforanexpectedsixormoremeetingsin2016.Homeworkbetweenmeetingswillalso

beneeded.

3. COLLABORATION.TheJFFisacooperativeandnon-adversarialevidence-based

inquiry.Thismeansthegroupworkstogethertowardsthecommongoalof

answeringthequestionsitwasformedtoaddress.Itrequiressubstantive,procedural,andsocialintrospectionandawillingnesstoassumegoodintentions

whendisagreementarises.Candorisprizedbutcourtesiesandetiquetteconducivetohighqualitydeliberationareessential,i.e.sharingairtime;notmonopolizing

discussions;focusingonfactualinformation;listeningtoothers;stayingontopic.

4. WILLINGNESSTOASSUMERESPONSIBILITIES.JFFStudyGroupmembersmaybe

askedtopresentmaterials,recruitspeakers,researchissues,draftsectionsof

reports,orperformothertasksfortheproject.Whileeveryeffortwillbemadetodistributeworkloadsandrespectindividualmembers’availabilities,thesuccessof

theeffortdependsonallmembershavingtheiroarsinthewater.

5. NOALTERNATES.Whileeveryeffortwillbemadetoschedulebriefingsandmeetingsatatimeconvenienttomostmembers,continuityoflearningwillbeimportant.ItisunderstoodthatStudyGroupmembersmayhavetomissameeting

ortwobutmaynotsendalternates.

6. BETWEENMEETINGS.Asneeded,theStudyGroupand/ortheProjectTeamwillholdteleconferences,webinarsorbriefingswithotherexpertsbetweenmeetings.

7. LOCALE.AllStudyGroupmeetingswillbeheldonOahu.

8. MEETINGS.MostoftheStudyGroup’smeetingswillbeheldasexecutivesessiondeliberations.Unlessinvitedforaspecificreasonbythegroup,thesemeetingswillnotbeopentoobservers.However,invitationallisteningsessionsand,budget

allowing,publicsessionsonallislandsareanticipated.

9. DOCUMENTATION.JhanaYoungwillserveastheproject’sofficialdocumentarian.

Shewillkeepanofficialsetofmeetingnotes.ThesenotesarefortheStudyGroup’suseonly.Jhanamayaudio-recordsomediscussionsforpurposesofcreating

accuratenotesbutaudiorecordingswillbeerasedoncethemeetingrecordshave

beencirculated.Noindividualororganizationalattributionsofcommentswillappearinthenotes.

10. CONFIDENTIALITY.Withminormodifications,theStudyGroupwillutilizetheChathamHouseRule(seehttps://www.chathamhouse.org/about/chatham-house-

rule).Toencourageopenandrisk-freegive-and-takeconversations,StudyGroup

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discussionswillbeconfidentialunlessotherwiseagreedto.Asamatterofgoodfaith

andtoavoiddistraction,StudyGroupmembersandtheProjectTeamwillwithholdpubliccommentsandpersonalevaluationsaboutStudyGroupcomposition,andthe

contentandprocessoftheStudyGroup’sdeliberationsuntiltheprojectiscompleted.Thisalsomeansnotbloggingorwritingaboutwhatisprogressing.Itis

understoodthatStudyGroupmembersmaywanttobriefgroupstheyrepresent

fromtimetotime,andtheProjectTeamwilldraftperiodProjectUpdatesforthatpurpose.

11. PUBLICSTATEMENTS.NomemberoftheStudyGroupwillspeakfortheStudyGroupexceptAdlerorMattson.Whereverpossible,requestsbythemediaor

politicalleadersforcommentswillbevettedwiththeStudyGroup.AdlerandMattsonwillnotcharacterizethesubstanceofthedeliberationsotherthanto

describeprogresswiththeprocess.

12. SECUREINTERNET.TheProjectTeamwillcreateasecureandproprietaryinternet

sitespecificallyfortheJFFgroupmembersandprojectstafftoexchangeorread

documentsandengageininformationexchange.

13. MUTABILITY.Theserulesoftheroadmaybeexpandedorchangedbythegroup. VII. DecisionMaking. Therewillbenumeroussmallandlargedecisionstobemade.Proceduraldecisionsmayrangefromthelocations,datesandtimesofmeetingstomattersofresearch.Substantive

decisionswillrangefromthepriorityofissuestobestudied,thespecificstudiestobe

discussed,andrecommendationsastofuturestudiesandmethodologiesthatshouldbeprovidedtorelevantdecisionmakersfollowingthisstudy. Whereverpossible,theStudyGroupwilloperatebythehighestconsensuspossible.

ConsensusdecisionsarethoseeveryoneintheStudyGroupcansupport,orataminimum,

forwhichthereis“noobjection.”If,afterdiscussion,consensusprovesimpossible,theStudyGroupwilltakevotesofthosevotingmemberswhoarepresent,whichwillbe

recorded.Organizationswithmorethanonemember(suchasConservationInternationalandWesternPacificRegionalFisheryManagementCouncil)willgetonlyonevoteper

organization.Exofficiomembers,suchasDepartmentofLandandNaturalResourcesandDivisionofAquaticResources,willnotvote.MajorconcludingdecisionswillbedeferreduntilallmembersoftheStudyGrouparepresent,oravotecanbedonebyteleconference,

orbye-mail. EachmemberoftheStudyGroupwhowisheswillalsobeinvitedtowriteapersonal

concludingstatementregardingtheprocessandthedecisionsandrecommendationsmade.Thepersonalstatementswillbelimitedtoamaximum1,500-wordcount,andwill

bemadeavailableaspartoftheFinalReport.