HIMB’s Ku’ulei Rodgers Speaks about the Hawaiian Kumulipo and the Future of Coral Reef Ecosystems in, “‘We’re at a Crossroads’: Who Do the Fish of Hawaii Belong To?”
HIMB’s Ku’ulei Rodgers Speaks about the Hawaiian Kumulipo and the Future of Coral Reef Ecosystems in, “‘We’re at a Crossroads’: Who Do the Fish of Hawaii Belong To?”
‘You shouldn’t be coming to fish and gather unless it’s your responsibility to take care of the resources and practices where you live.’ Illustration: Good Wives and Warriors/The Guardian
“Commercial fishers see the water as ‘an open ocean’ – but depleting resources creates food insecurity for low-income and Native Hawaiians who depend on it…”
The eight species of coral in the study are the most common coral species found in Hawai'i, and they make up 95% of the coral cover on Hawaiian reefs. Clockwise, from upper left to lower right: Pocillopora meandrina, Pocillopora acuta, Porites lobata, Porites evermanni, Porites compressa, Montipora flabellata, Montipora patula, and Montipora capitata