Department of Agriculture

STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HONOLULU, HAWAII

Date:       April 20, 2000, Thursday
Time:       9:30 a.m.
Location:  Conference Room
               1428 S. King Street
               Honolulu, Hawaii

BOARD ACTIONS

A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

Approved 1. Request for Approval of one (1) Direct New Farmer Loan to Lucas M. Cisneros.

Approved 2. Request for Approval of One (1) Economically Depressed Area (Act 118) Loan to Floral Resources/Hawaii, Inc., Gordon Earl Inouye Revocable Living Trust and Vernon Inouye Revocable Living Trust (co-borrowers).

B. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Approved Request for Consent to Assignment of Lease, General Lease No. S-4802, Pahoa Agricultural Park, Phase II, Lot 11

C. PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION

Approved 1. Request to (1) Allow the Importation of Various Algae on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B) and the List of Conditionally Approved Microorganisms for Laboratory Studies and Cultivation in Photobioreactors; and (2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of Various Algae on the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B) and the List of Conditionally Approved Microorganisms for Laboratory Studies and Cultivation in Photobioreactors

Approved 2. Request to 1) Allow the Unlisted South American Sea Lion, Otaria byronia, for Import Under Short-Term Special Permit for Exhibition and Performance; 2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the South American Sea Lion for Exhibition and Performance; 3) Allow the California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus, (List of Restricted Animals-Part B) and Brown Bear, Ursus arctos (List of Restricted Animals-Part A) for Import Under Permit for Exhibition and Performance; and 4) Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of the California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus, and Brown Bear, Ursus arctos , for Exhibition and Performance

Approved 3. Request to 1) Amend the Placement of Various Species of Stony Corals (Acropora aspersa, A. austera, A. elseyi , A. formosa, A. microphthalma, A. nana) and Soft Corals (Sarcophyton glaucum, S. trocheliophorum, S. ehrenbergi), Through Expedited Amendment Process, From the List of Restricted Animals, Part A, to the List of Restricted Animals, Part B, to Allow Transfer of Possession of These Corals From the Waikiki Aquarium to Mangrove Tropicals, Inc. (MTI) and Indo-Pacific Sea Farms (IPSF), for Aquaculture Production; 2) Establish Permit Conditions for the Possession of Various Species of Stony Corals (Acropora aspersa, A. austera, A. elseyi, A. formosa, A. microphthalma, A. nana) and Soft Corals (Sarcophyton glaucum, S. trocheliophorum, S. ehrenbergi) by MTI and IPSF for Aquaculture Production.