Our Kuleana as Cultural Practitioners:
As an olelo noeau (Hawaiian proverb) states, "Malama i ke kai, a malama ke kai ia oe!" which means care for the ocean and the ocean will care for you. It is our kuleana as cultural practitioners who fish and gather to protect those same resources which provide for us.
In Hawaii, our ocean resources are already stressed by commercial fishing operations, siltation of reefs caused by run-off and erosion, diminishing limu beds, and rising ocean temperatures. As lawaia/cultural practitioners, we must protect our resources by protecting and maintaining the surrounding environments to ensure they remain in balance for future generations.
At Kaena, one of the most well-known fishing areas on Oahu, the Lawaia Action Network is working towards bringing the resource back into balance through cultural practice.
To malama aina at Kaena we must to continue traditional resource management at many levels.
What You Can Do to Help Protect Kaena:
In Hawaii, our ocean resources are already stressed by commercial fishing operations, siltation of reefs caused by run-off and erosion, diminishing limu beds, and rising ocean temperatures. As lawaia/cultural practitioners, we must protect our resources by protecting and maintaining the surrounding environments to ensure they remain in balance for future generations.
At Kaena, one of the most well-known fishing areas on Oahu, the Lawaia Action Network is working towards bringing the resource back into balance through cultural practice.
To malama aina at Kaena we must to continue traditional resource management at many levels.
What You Can Do to Help Protect Kaena:
1) Always take out more opala than you bring in. Be prepared to clean up the surrounding area, make it part of your routine to malama aina.
2) Do not drive or park in sandy areas or on or near exposed reefs to prevent erosion and to protect cultural sites from desecration.
3) Discourage all off-road/ ATV activity in the area. Talk to everyone about the impacts that this activity has on both natural and cultural resources.
4) Only take what is necessary to feed you and your family. Avoid taking immature shellfish and uprooting limu while gathering.
5) Educate friends and family, and teach keiki that malama aina is part of our fishing heritage.
6) Document license plates of abusers and Report violations!
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