Dean,  You have become the consistent unabashed apologist for the conduct of HLA, Wespac and Kitty.  Maybe you need to roll out the heavy weights again.  George Ariyoshi, Ben Cayetano, Danny Akaka, Peter Apo and other prominent politicians and pitch men.  Well that game is over money already spent.  And you all look foolish.  You cannot front the Native Hawaiian's and local fishermen as the reason to deny the expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Sanctuary.  The purpose was to advance the long line industry that has been described as "floating prisons".  Pretty clear now, trafficked labor, money and greed were the purpose of the concerted resistance to the expansion. Calling Wespac a "conservation organization" is not a stretch but an actual break from reality.  Wespac fought the expansion not for environmental reasons.  I think the Star-Advertiser had I right on Thursday, 9/8/16 in their headline "Floating Prisons".  Didn't you get the memo? The rest of the world did.