{"id":111846,"date":"2020-02-26T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=111846"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:31:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:31:41","slug":"hawaiian-aquaculture-gathering-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/hawaiian-aquaculture-gathering-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Hawaiian aquaculture taught at international gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Participants honored the importance of water flowing from the mountains to the shoreline. Photo credit: Brenda Asuncion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than 170 guests, including representatives from 10 Pacific Northwest tribes and many more from across the globe, gathered in Heʻeia,<\/span> Oʻahu,<\/span> hosted by local stewardship organizations Kākoʻo<\/span> ʻŌiwi<\/span> and Paepae o Heʻeia,<\/span> to learn about Native Hawaiian aquaculture practices in February. The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant College Program<\/a> has been a long-time partner and supporter of the Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa<\/span> and Kuaʻāina<\/span> Ulu ʻAuamo,<\/span> the backbone organization that coordinates and facilitates the Hui.<\/p>\n

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Gathering participants contributed to kuapā work at Heʻeia<\/span> fishpond. Photo credit: Scott Kanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This event was part of an annual gathering of fishpond practitioners from across the Hawaiian Islands through the Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa,<\/span> a collective of kiaʻi<\/span> loko (fishpond practitioners) who seek to leverage their shared skills, knowledge and resources to address common goals.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Gathering included a full day of restoring the rock wall and learning about the history and function of Heʻeia<\/span> Fishpond, as well as a visit to the upper forested lands of the Heʻeia<\/span> ahupuaʻa,<\/span> the source of the vital freshwater that feeds Heʻeia<\/span> wetlands, taro patches and the fishpond.<\/p>\n

The final day was spent visiting and engaging in collaborative restoration work at several other fishponds around Oʻahu<\/span> including Waikalua Loko, Loko Ea, Paʻaiau,<\/span> Kapapapuhi and Pāhonu. Throughout the gathering, participants shared stories and made first-time connections.<\/p>\n

As a result of the gathering, cross-Pacific partnerships grew in exponential ways, with new ideas and discoveries shared between students, fisheries managers, biologists and elders from Alaska, Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> Oregon, Washington, Canada, New Zealand and beyond.<\/p>\n

—By Cindy Knapman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representatives from ten Pacific Northwest tribes, gathered in Heʻeia<\/span> to learn about Native Hawaiian aquaculture practices in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1246,635,9,438],"class_list":["post-111846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-aquaculture","tag-sea-grant-college-program","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-sea-grant","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t