Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture
- Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture
The Hawaiian people practiced aquaculture through development of fishponds (Hawaiian: "loko iokinaa"), the most advanced husbandry of fishes among the original peoples of the Pacific. These fishponds were typically shallow areas of a reef flat surrounded by a low rock wall ("loko kuapa") built out from the shore. Several species of edible fish (such as mullet) thrive in such ponds, and methods were developed to make them easy to catch. The rock walls, being somewhat porous, let in seawater (or sometimes fresh or brackish water, as in the case of the "Menehune" fishpond near Līhuokinae, Kauaokinai), but prevent the fish from escaping.
Several fishponds have been restored in recent years. Although fishponds were developed on most of the islands, the largest concentrations were found in Keokinaehi Lagoon, Pearl Harbor, and Kāneokinaohe Bay on Ookinaahu, and along nearly the entire south shore of the Island of Molokaokinai. Few of these structures remain today, although Molokaokinai offers the best opportunities to view a Hawaiian "loko".
ee also
* Fish farming
* Heokinaeia
References
*Citation
last = Kamakau
first = Samuel M.
title = The Works of the People of Old
publisher = Bishop Museum Press
date = 1992
location = Honolulu, HI
pages =
isbn = 0910240183.
*Citation
last = James
first = Van
title = Ancient Sites of Maui, Molokai'i and Lana'i
publisher = Mutual Publishing
date = 2001
location = Honolulu, HI
pages = 73-76
isbn = 1566475295.
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