Traditional practices
ʻĀina Kupu: Mapping movements of community network and collaborative care
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Mehana Vaughan Graduate fellow: Grace Cajski Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience Island resilience in Hawaiʻi fundamentally depends on the health of human communities and their dedicated, traditional care (mālama) of ʻāina (lands and waters) ...
Employing traditional practices to protect coastal infrastructure and enhance nearshore fisheries in Hawaiʻi
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Robert Toonen Graduate fellow: ʻAʻaliʻi Kelling Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience Coral reef ecosystems globally, including in Hawaiʻi, are facing profound degradation from multiple, interacting stressors, resulting in severe losses of coral cover, fish ...
Characterizing the ecological impacts, environmental drivers, and physiological tolerance of invasive upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea spp.) in Heʻeia fishpond
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Aimee Sato Co-INVESTIGATOR: Yoshimi Rii Graduate fellow: Jasmine Reighard Research Track: Aquaculture The invasive upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea spp.) poses a major threat to the restoration and productivity of loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds), necessitating extensive ...
A water quality monitoring framework for traditional Hawaiian fishponds to advance nature-based solutions in aquaculture production
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Craig Nelson Co-INVESTIGATORS: Ann Nyambega, Kirsten Oleson Graduate fellow: Kacie Kajihara Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer adaptive, cost-effective strategies by leveraging natural processes, but their foundational roots lie in the ...
Weaving reef health perspectives of generational lawaiʻa, marine researchers, and resource managers to strengthen collaborative caretaking of Kāneʻohe Bay
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Rachel Dacks Co-INVESTIGATORS: Kawika Winter, Sarah Woo Graduate fellow: Kammie Tavares Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This project proposes a framework for integrating Indigenous and Western knowledge systems to inform sustainable coral reef fisheries ...
Moving beyond the grant cycle: Understanding and developing models of reciprocal and durable community-based coastal land care
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Leah Bremer Co-INVESTIGATORS: Tamara Ticktin, Zoe Hastings Silao, Kiana Frank, Aimee Sato, Casey Ching, Tai Maaz Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This project addresses the critical challenge of ensuring long-term sustainability for a growing ...
Youth Art Exhibition 2026
E mālama i ke kai, a mālama ke kai iā ʻoe (Take care of the ocean, and the ocean will take care of you) Capitol Modern June 5-20, 2026 AND July 3-18, 2026 Waikīkī Aquarium June 5-30, 2026 Pacific Islands ...
2025 Hawaii Annual Climate Report
On behalf of the Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal (HCDP) and Hawaiʻi Mesonet teams, we are excited to share our inaugural Annual Climate Report for the State of Hawaiʻi. Since launching the HCDP in March 2022, our team has worked diligently ...
Guidebook for Living Shorelines in American Samoa
American Samoa’s coastal areas are integral to the cultural heritage, economy, and environmental health of the region. This guidebook is designed to provide an introduction and overview to using nature-based approaches to protect these areas from coastal erosion. Nature-based approaches, ...
Growing Loli in Hawaiʻi
A manual for growing loli or sea cucumber in Hawaiʻi. This publication is a result of a collaboration between Kauaʻi Sea Farm, Pacific American Foundation and Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, funded by a 2021 Saltonstall-Kennedy award. https://online.fliphtml5.com/rblc/widj/#p=1 ...
