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Uncertain travels. Feb 2020

We were invited to attend the 2020 aquaculture conference in Honolulu, right before the world shut down for business. Got an interesting view of the worldʻs aquaculture tech & capabilities. Mahalo to Hui Malama Loko Iʻa for this change of pace.
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Lockdown. March 2020

The Covid pandemic lockdown was a very beneficial time for the worldʻs environment, albeit unfortunate for the human race. It required a long pause for mankind to reassess their vulnerability in a world that requires imported goods via shipping barge. In the era of covid, Kupeke loko iʻa provided an example of our customary traditions of growing fish that contributes to a healthy reef ecosystem. Local fishermen & manaʻe residents recognized an increase in fish activity in Kupeke fishpond.
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take some time to be still

Habitat reclamation: The most prevalent foreign species/objects removed from kupeke loko iʻa, by the numbers. (from jan. 2019-jun. of 2020)
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Upide-down Jellyfish
(Cassiopea Andromeda) 
50 gallons of jellyfish removed in 2019.
​10 gallons collected in 2020.


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prickly seaweed
(Acanthophora spicifera)
​250 gallons removed in 2019.
​1,000 gallons removed in 2020
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red mangrove
​(rhizophora mangle)

15,000 sq. ft. cleared in 2019.
​mangrove removal on-hold for 2020 lockdown
​(maintenance only).
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​Marine plastic debris & illegal dumping.
6 truckloads removed throughout the pond. marine debris is an ongoing occurrence due to pond position and ocean currents.
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GORILLA OGO (gracilaria salicornia)
1,000+ gallons removed in 2020

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