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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 03:57:53 JST Mongabay

The loko i’a system of native fishponds in Hawai‘i has for generations provided sustenance to Indigenous communities, supported fish populations in surrounding waters, and generally improved water quality.
These benefits, long understood by native Hawaiians, have now been confirmed by scientists in a new study that looked at the restoration of one such fishpond.
by Keona Blanks
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/restoring-indigenous-aquaculture-heals-both-ecosystems-and-communities-in-hawaii/
#News #Oceans #Environment #Conservation #IndigenousPeoples
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1. Restoring Indigenous aquaculture heals both ecosystems and communities in Hawai‘i
  
  from Latoya Abulu
  
  For generations, native Hawaiians have understood that their aquaculture systems, fishponds known as loko i‘a, serve as nurseries that seed fish populations in surrounding waters. For the first time, a team of scientists from the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have modeled this feat of Indigenous science in a study. “We are using science […]

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