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Year of the Limu A statewide effort created to raise awareness about the importance of limu (seaweed) to Hawai'i’s culture and environment.LEARN MORE
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BLNR supports grassroots conservation•Op-Ed By Hannah Kihalani Springer, Charlie Young and Kamalei Pico

We routinely overlook the vital role subsistence fishers play in preserving cultural traditions that have taught us to take no more than we need from the oceans. Culture teaches us to think in terms of the needs of at least seven generations. Capitalism drives us to maximize profit in the short term.

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E Alu Pū

E ALU PŪ is a network linking more than 32 communities from around Hawai`i to increase their effectiveness in managing local biocultural heritage.

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Hui Mālama Loko I’a

Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa is a growing network of fishpond practitioners and organizations from across Hawaiʻi. The Hui was formed as an opportunity for practitioners to empower each other and leverage their skills, knowledge and resources related to restoration and management of loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds).

LIMU HUI

The Limu Hui is a network of elders, educators, and community members from across Hawaiʻi who gather, care for and work to restore native Hawaiian limu (seaweed) around the islands.   In 2014, at the request of elders with traditional limu practitioners, KUA partnered with the ʻEwa Limu Project in an initiative to “gather the gatherers.”

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Kāhea from @kipahuluohana: Aloha mai kākou 🌊
Kāhea from @kipahuluohana: Aloha mai kākou 🌊 Mahalo for following Kīpahulu 'Ohana's progress through our designation of the Kīpahulu Moku CBSFA. We have been working towards this designation since 2010. On November 2 from 5:30-8:30pm, there is an important opportunity to determine the outcome of our CBSFA designation at a DAR-led Public Hearing.   THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP.   This Hearing will be both virtual and in-person at Wānanalua Church Hall in Hāna. We encourage 'ohana to testify together.   💻 To provide online testimony: you will need a computer with internet access, video camera, and microphone, or a telephone. Register for online testimony here: https://tinyurl.com/kipahulu-cbsfa 🙋 For in-person testimony: you can sign up at Wānanalua Church on the day of. ✉ For written testimony: email no later than Friday, November 10 to DLNR.Aquatics@hawaii.gov or mailed to Division of Aquatic Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 330, Honolulu, HI 96813. Here are some talking points to guide testimony:   1. Introduce yourself, who you represent, where you are from, how you are connected to Kīpahulu 2. Share specific comments about the designation or the rules. For example: I agree with the bag limit for ‘opihi because I think it will help prevent overharvesting 3. Close with a clear statement of support or ideas for how to improve. Even if you’re going to say I support everything in this plan, it's important to attend!   Mahalo for your kōkua and solidarity, Kīpahulu 'Ohana #kipahuluohana #kipahulumoku #kipahulumokucbsfa #ourmokuourkuleana #maui #hawaii #kipahulu #communitybasedmanagement #communitybased #ponopractice #maukatomakai #ainamomona #subsistence #lawaiapono #lawaia #malamaikekai #CBSFA

Packed house tonight @uhkapiolani celebrating limu
Packed house tonight @uhkapiolani celebrating limu and honoring some legendary limu lovers. University of Hawaiʻi’s Center for Oral History partnered with KUA to interview some of our Limu Hui participants in 2018. Among the interviewed for this project were: Wally Ito, Vani Ainoa, Ben Villiarimo, Lily Filimino, and Napua Barrows. Mahalo to all who were involved to make this event happen! #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii @hikino17

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo wouldn’t be what it is to
Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo wouldn’t be what it is today without them. Today we took some time to celebrate Alex @al_be_it, Brenda @lupcheongstuffuhu, and Lauren @anasarca for all of the beautiful ways these wāhine continue to ʻauamo the kuleana set forth by our kūpuna ten years ago. It was a special and intimate gathering with our KUA team, board members, and the next generation of kiaʻi. Mahalo to their ʻohana for sharing them with us all of these years - and bigups to @paepaeoheeia @hikino17 @changkwaix for creating a special space and time to celebrate. And if you love them as much as we do, share a special memory - tell them how you feel in the comments. Hereʻs to the next 10… #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii 📷 @changkwaix

Please join us for an event in partnership with th
Please join us for an event in partnership with the UH Center for Oral History as we feature interviews from Limu Hui members being released on UH Mānoa's ScholarSpace. These interviews were recorded at the 2018 Limu Hui Gathering at Kalaemanō on Hawaiʻi Island. Interviewees are Wally Ito, Alyson Nāpua Barrows, Benjamin Villiarimo, Lily Filomino, and Vivian "Vani" Ainoa. We will be showcasing portions of the interviews and hear from Limu Hui members present at the event. Wednesday, September 20th Kapiʻolani Community College STEM Center Kokiʻo 202 5:00 - 7:00 PM Light refreshments will be served This event is sponsored by UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo, & Mālama Maunalua #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii

Aloha everyone. Here is an update. Mahalo if you h
Aloha everyone. Here is an update. Mahalo if you have already sent in support. Due to the Attorney General's inability to review materials on time the hearing for the Kīpahulu CBSFA has been deferred to 6/23. ***** Interested in learning about or even supporting community-based fishery management in Hawai'i? Check out below and linked to learn about and/or support the Kipahulu Ohana efforts to designate and pass rules for their Community-based Subsistence Fishing Area. This Friday June 9, 2023 from 9am the State's Board of Land and Natural Resources will consider Item F-3 to let their designation and rule package mow forward to public hearings. See the link and attached jpg for more information! Please pass this on! https://lnkd.in/gXA3JjzY

KUA’s ED, Kevin Chang, pictured here with Secret
KUA’s ED, Kevin Chang, pictured here with Secretary Deb Haaland, returned from Washington DC with a sense of having participated in a historic event of many firsts. Members of Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa network, Makua Perry (Loko Ea) and Joey Palupe (Kualoa Ranch), showcased their knowledge and fishpond practices at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Hawaiʻi’s colonial history was examined for the first time in a major exhibition at the Smithsonian's @nationalportraitgallery groundbreaking exhibit "1898: Imperial Visions and Revisions.” KUA was there in solidarity with a national movement to support the federal administration's Justice 40 initiative (40% of all resources go to frontline local BIPOC and indigenous community conservation efforts) to protect 30% of the US’s natural resources by 2030. This was one of the first, if not rare, multi-ethnic coalition platforms on the environment. More info to come - check out our blog! #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii

We are still winding down from a lovely Limu Hui g
We are still winding down from a lovely Limu Hui gathering, but we want to extend a huge mahalo to Uncle Mac Poepoe, Aunty Hala, Aunty Peke, Ka Honua Momona and the many hands who took good care of us. And to everyone who joined us, we know it takes a lot to take time away from your busy lives, to try your luck getting on your Mokulele flights, all in order to join our gathering circle. We love seeing your reflections, please continue to tag us so we can read them all. Mahalo @changkwaix for these snaps and for his poetic reflection as well - go check it out. Until next time! @gingerdidthis #kuahawaii #kuaainauluauamo #limuhui #nolimunofish

Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief for Briti
Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief for British Columbia Terry Teegee speaks on issues of Indigenous people, marine conservation and reconciliation at #IMPAC5 Leadership Forum 2-9-23. All talks today took into account the need to get resources to, to support and empower greater local solutions and governance to marine conservation issues that respect the needs of the people in their places. Policy rhetoric is beginning to speak to building a more whole community.

Pacific family have shown up. We spent time with A
Pacific family have shown up. We spent time with Aunty Hinano in early 2022 on an exchange in Tahiti to share the work of KUA and the power of people and networks. #IMPAC5 #moananuiakea

Proud to see Hawai'i represented today by Aulani W
Proud to see Hawai'i represented today by Aulani Wilhelm Assistant Director for Ocean Conservation, Climate and Equity at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at the opening of the IMPAC5 today.

Aloalo • In preparation for the upcoming Limu Hu
Aloalo • In preparation for the upcoming Limu Hui gathering - and just a few days after the recent flooding event - a small group from the Limu Hui with KUA staff paid uncle Mac a visit on Molokai. Despite last year being loaded with community events celebrating the Year of the Limu, this upcoming gathering will be the first time in three years theyʻll gather like this. There are certain logistical things you can expect to cover in a meeting, but as we know, there are a lot of unexpected but important information that comes when you allow them to happen in person & unscheduled - and a few surprise run-ins with folks we don’t get to see often. Here’s just a few of these heartwarming moments from the past two days. Mahalo uncle Mac Poepoe & Molokainuiahina for having us, the island has been through a lot this week and your resilience tested once again. We saw the aftermath of the flood. Plenty of ʻaloʻalo, bones, & other debris remains on the shoreline, & limu zone covered with sediment. Kaumaha but a real account of what the environment does when run-off isn’t mitigated. People are still shoveling 2-3 ft worth of ʻāina out of their driveways and garage spaces. It was awesome to see yous: Noelani, Amber & Kylie, uncle Herbert & aunty Julia, & uncle Merv for the warm hugs and bread. A hui hou real soon - @gingerdidthis + @hikino17 ✨#kuahawaii #kuaainauluauamo #limuhui

The importance of limu in the vitality of our kino
The importance of limu in the vitality of our kino, the repatriation of ʻāina back to the indigenous people of Hawaii, the reindigenization of technologies we use, & the redistribution of power in decision-making…this is where the conversations flowed. “Disaster Preparedness & Food System Resilience in Hawaii” is part of the Future of Food series hosted by @civilbeat @uh_btss @waiwaicollective & Hawaii Institute for Sustainable Community Food Systems @uhwestoahu; tonight we heard from Dr Subhashni Raj, David Lopez, & moderator Marcel Honoré. @nuikealoha filled our bellies with ʻono grinds @keoni73 poured the ʻawa and @luna_poepoe served the conversation digestifs, mahalo for the extra time to reflect & connect through sharing our stories of hope. -Ginger @gingerdidthis #ainamomona #kuaainauluauamo


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