Honoring the time-tested Native Hawaiian practices of mālama ʻāina and ahupuaʻa-based management and acknowledging that the state alone cannot sustainably manage all the public trust lands and waters within its purview, Act 203 creates explicit legal authority for the state’s Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to enter into long-term community co-management agreements with community-based organizations.
The 3rd Annual Ko’olau Limu Festival returns to Anahola Beach Park, Kauaʻi, is this Saturday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted by the Hosea Lovell Foundation, this […]
As we prepare for the 2026 Legislative Session, we reflect on some of last year’s efforts including championing certain bills, of which two became law: Act 71 establishing ʻōpaeʻula as state shrimp, and Act 96 creating a “green fee” for environmental stewardship. We also celebrated Opening Day with some of our network members, and helped organize Pilina Kanaloa Ocean Day at the Capitol.
The islands are strung together as lei by Kanaloa, god of the sea. The ocean unites us, and must be cared for and respected as the divine source it is.
Hui Mālama Loko I‘a is a growing consortium of kia‘i loko (fishpond guardians and caretakers) and stewardship organizations from loko i‘a (traditional Hawaiian fishponds) across Hawai‘i. This network came into […]
*All photos courtesy of The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska * In May 2024, Indigenous aquaculture communities, supporters, and partners gathered on the shores […]
Aloha is not good enough for the world; the world wants even more of Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi continues to be exploited and sold off piece by piece: our ʻāina, our culture, our identity. And the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is determined to, once again, support the exploitation of Hawaiʻi’s reef fish.
‘There are no more suitable people on Earth to be the custodians of the oceans than those for whom the sea is home … we seem to have forgotten that we are such a people … ”— Epeli Ha’uofa
