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Aquaculture-Hawaii Aquaculture Collaborative

Aerial drone oblique view of a coastal parcel with wetlands, trees, meadows, and a narrow sandy coastline

30 May: Developing an ecosystem-based monitoring program for adaptive management of Kalou lo‘i and loko wai

PI: Carmella Vizza
Wetland restoration in Hawaiʻi combines traditional Hawaiian practices, conservation, agriculture, and aquaculture, and requires public involvement and complementary research efforts for success. This project will create a place-based research program and collection of practitioners at Kalou, O‘ahu with the North Shore Community Land Trust, delivering new insight on water quality, fish populations, and ecosystem output.
A low rocky walkway extends along one side of a waist-deep fishpond bounded by trees and built structures, with high volcanic mountains in the distance.

30 May: Harnessing local fisher knowledge to test hypotheses for estuarine fisheries decline and develop strategies for management and restoration in Hawaiʻi

PI: Robert Toonen
Hawaiian fishpond baitfish populations have plummeted over decades, but causes are uncertain because Hawaiian estuaries are impacted by a range of threats including invasive species, habitat degradation, and global warming. This project investigates decline causes by documenting historical management knowledge, exploring state-wide fish abundance changes, and testing hypotheses related to habitat degradation and invasive competition.