{"id":82648,"date":"2018-07-31T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T01:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=82648"},"modified":"2020-01-09T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T00:19:08","slug":"sustainable-aquaculture-mokauea-fishpond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/31\/sustainable-aquaculture-mokauea-fishpond\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable aquaculture explored through math at Mokauea fishpond"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Mokauea Island and fishpond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Esther Widiasih<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> Mokauea fishpond research project received a $116,381 National Science Foundation<\/a> grant. Associate Professor Esther Widiasih<\/strong> will research the workings of the Mokauea fishponds to gain insights into traditional Native Hawaiian sustainable aquaculture practices, viewed through contemporary scientific and mathematical lenses.<\/p>\n

The research will utilize tools from statistics and applied mathematics while integrating ancient knowledge from Native Hawaiian cultural and fishpond practitioners.<\/p>\n

Widiasih will be collecting water quality data and flow pattern of the fishpond to develop a mathematical model that captures the dynamics of key physical parameters and the fishpond circulation patterns. The investigation will include the development of a website to host and manage data collected along with other available data and studies on the Mokauea fishpond and its surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

The Mokauea Fishermen\u2019s Association<\/a> was set up to preserve Mokauea Island and the surrounding fishery as a traditional Hawaiian fishing village. UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>\u2019s involvement with Mokauea Island dates back several years and includes field studies during Ethnomathematics Summer Institutes.<\/p>\n

For more on the grant, read the full story at E Kamakani Hou<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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