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Developing a Community-Based Shellfish Industry for Hawai`i

Developing a Community-Based Shellfish Industry for Hawai`i. Robert Howerton Maria Haws University of Hawaii. Constraints Objectives Traditional Hawaiian Fishponds Site Selection Accomplishments. Constraints. Hawai`i is only coastal state without a bivalve industry.

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Developing a Community-Based Shellfish Industry for Hawai`i

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  1. Developing a Community-Based Shellfish Industry for Hawai`i Robert Howerton Maria Haws University of Hawaii

  2. Constraints • Objectives • Traditional Hawaiian Fishponds • Site Selection • Accomplishments

  3. Constraints • Hawai`i is only coastal state without a bivalve industry. • Hawai`i does not have a shoreline certification program • Hawai`i does not have a certified laboratory • No native bivalve species have been developed for culture • No grow out locations have been identified

  4. Objectives • Establish a shellfish working group • Conduct spawning trials on indigenous species • Identify two grow out sites on Moloka`i • Work with state agencies responsible for shellfish sanitation • Determine if permits can be obtained for non-native species • Transfer bivalve culture technology

  5. WHAT IS AN AHUPUA`A?

  6. Traditional Hawaiian Fishponds At Mānana Peninsula in Pu‘uloa (Pearl Harbor) oral tradition tells of people lined up for more than a mile from the shoreline to the mountains, passing lava rocks “without touching the ground in transit” (Cobb, 1903).

  7. KEANAE MAUI LOKO I`A KALO

  8. LOKO WAI `ALEKOKO (Menehune) FISHPOND KAUA`I

  9. LOKO PU`UONE Hawaii Kai O`ahu

  10. LOKOKUAPĀ Kāne`ohe Bay O`ahu

  11. Hawaiian Fishpond Census 30% 25% 23% 8% 7% 1% 4% Total = 488 Source: DHM Planners Inc. 1990

  12. Hawaiian Fishpond Census 36% 28 % 15 % 10 % 9 % 1 % Total = 488 Source: DHM Planners Inc. 1990

  13. Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration Efforts SETTING THE STONES FINISHED KUAPĀ (POND WALL) PASSING THE STONES

  14. Accomplishments to date • Establishment of shellfish working group • Two native species identified for culture

  15. Indigenous Species Spondylus sp. Dendostrea sandvichensis 

  16. Hawaiian Oysters

  17. Accomplishments to date • Establishment of shellfish working group • Two native species identified for culture • Three trial sites on Moloka`i and one on O`ahu

  18. Island of Moloka`i

  19. Keawanui Fishpond

  20. Keawanui Farms

  21. Kaloko`eli Fishpond

  22. Heei`a Fishpond O`ahu

  23. Accomplishments to Date • Establishment of shellfish working group • Two native species identified for culture • Three trial sites on Moloka`i and one on O`ahu • State DOH, ADP and DLNR are members of the shellfish working group • Import permits have been approved for all demonstration sites for three non-native species • Animals will be shipped to Moloka`i and O`ahu next month

  24. Acknowledgments • USDA-CTSA • Maui County Office of Economic Development • Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center • University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program • Maui Community College

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