Fisheries are critical to the health and well-being of people throughout the Pacific Islands and world. In addition to their significant financial value, fisheries also offer nutritional and cultural benefits to communities. However, in the face of numerous local and global stressors, many fisheries are suffering, with cascading impacts on the communities who depend on them. There is no single solution for sustainable fisheries management, but traditional stewardship practices, Indigenous knowledge, and transdisciplinary research offer hope that adaptive solutions will ensure healthy, abundant fisheries and communities in the Pacific for generations to come.

Dr. Eileen Nalley
Fisheries Extension Specialist,
University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program

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He mea koʻikoʻi nā koʻa iʻa no ke ola a me ka pono o kānaka o nā moku Pākīpika a o ke ao hoʻi, a ma luna aʻe o ka waiwai kālā o ia mea, he pōmaikaʻi ia e hānai a e hoʻoulu ana i ka nohona o nā kaiāulu. Akā, pilikia nā koʻa he nui ma muli o nā hana pono ʻole o kahi pili a me kahi mamao aku, a he kaʻina pōʻino ia no nā kaiāulu e kaukaʻi ana i ia mau pono. ʻAʻohe hāʻina kū kahi no ka mālama kūmau ʻana i nā koʻa iʻa, aia naʻe ka manaʻolana i nā ʻoihana kahu kuluma, ka ʻike ʻōiwi, a me ka noiʻi lōkahi o nā mana ʻike like ʻole, ʻoiai ma laila paha e loaʻa mai ai nā ʻoihana hoʻokohu e kū mau mai ai nā koʻa iʻa me ka nui a maikaʻi hoʻi no ka pono o nā kaiāulu Pākīpika ʻānō a no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

Translation by Dr. Puakea Nogelmeier
Professor Emeritus of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa