Day2 Hui Lokowaka

Today, we, the O Ka ʻĀinas helped maintain and mālama Haleolono. We pulled the haole limu out of the Wī pond to help let the native limu grow.  The pinecones, rubbish and leaf litter acts as a blanket to suffocate the native limu.  If no more limu growing then wouldn't have any fish eating the limu...if no more fish eating the limu then we kanaka wouldn't have fish to eat.

Day2 Hui Kionakapahu

     Laughing and joking we made our way to Hale O Lono to help clean and maintain the fishponds.  We stood together at the gates to oli and ask for permission to enter.  Aunty Roxy invited us in and explained briefly about the history of the fishponds.  We learned that the fishpond was built in honor of Lonoikamakahiki and is a very special place.  We split up into smaller groups and were assigned tasks to complete.  Our group helped by picking up rubbish, removing the gross stink pine cones, weed out the grass near the pond, and count mullet. The purpose for removing the sediment was so that the good limu could grow and provide the fish with the food they need.  According to Lanihuli, it was worth it to help the fish. Lunch was awesome and we got to make inamona, carve fish lures, and swim until dinner time. In all, it was a pretty busy day!

Laehala

Day1 Hale O Lono

What do you know about fishponds?

"Fish ponds make a home for the big and little fish." - Honokea

"Fish ponds also feeds fish that they capture." - Imiloa

"Loaʻa nā iʻa liʻiliʻi ma ka lokoiʻa." - Kamuela

"The information I know about fish ponds is that theres fish in there." - Tapu

"Rocks help fish hide when they don't want to come out." - Hi'ilei

"Fish ponds are what fishermen put fish in." - Rusty

"Fish ponds are like barriers for little fish." - Kiara

"Fish ponds have fresh or brackish water."- Naoho

Day1 Alaopae

What do you know about fishponds?

"The fish pond is used as a ice box because they never have a icebox back then." - Kukuipahu

"What is good about fishponds is you donʻt have to pay for the food unless you have to feed them bread." - Keoni

"It is easier to catch fish in a pond because it is smaller and they canʻt swim away anywhere." - Megan

"Our class and the 6th saw a lokoiʻa puʻuone and a huge lokoiʻa kuapā." - Tuhi

"Fish ponds (lokoiʻa) have Makahāʻs for the little fish to swim in and when they grow big they canʻt swim out." - Makakapu

"Hawaiians used to bring fish that were to small to eat and put it in a loko iʻa." - Hāliko

"Waikai ke ʻano ʻo ka wai ma loko o ka lokoiʻa." - Kawai

"Nā mea aʻole maikaʻi o ka lokowai i ha ʻaole hiki ke ola na iʻa." - Aliʻiloa

Day1 Kionakapahu

What do you know about fishponds?

"Off the shores, thereʻs ponds full of fish." - Thomas

"Fish boobie trap." - ʻAma Lilly

"Makahā so the baby fish can stay in and the big fish stay out." - Lanihuli

"Itʻs a lokoiʻa as long as itʻs separate from the ocean." - Kaiao

"Stink if you dont clean it." - Hiʻilei

"Water to swim." - Prince

"Loaʻa ka limu." - Haʻehaʻe

Day1 Lokowaka

What do you know about fishponds?

"Thereʻs a lot of fishes in the lokoiʻa." - Iʻi
"He mau lokoiʻa ʻokoʻa like me Haleolono." - Hoʻomalu
"Loaʻa ka limu ma ka lokoiʻa, ulu ka limu ma luna o ka pōhaku." - Laʻakea
"In a lokoiʻa there is usually baby fish living in it until there big enough to live in the ocean." - Noeʻula
"I know two types of fish ponds, a Kuapā and Puʻuone." - Keahiloa
"Some lokoiʻa have two makahā." - Kiha
"The small fish go in the lokoiʻa to hide from their predators to live." - Kahulialiʻi
"The mullet goes in through the makahā and get bigger and canʻt get out." - Kahanu
"Aia ka lokoiʻa i kai." - Kahele