SENATOR MAILE SHIMABUKURO 2024 HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE
Ka‘ena - Makahā - Waiʻanae - Nānākuli - Mā‘ili - Ko Olina
APRIL 2024
BREAKING NEWS
LATEST COMMUNITY UPDATES 2024 SUCCESSFUL WLC EASTER BASKET DRIVE
What an extremely successful Easter Basket Drive filled with essential household items such as toiletries, utensils, beddings/towels, and especially hygiene products. These gift baskets are distributed to help Hawaii’s needy families. LEGISLATION TO BOLSTER NATIVE FISH HATCHERIES ADVANCES =click=> <Hawaii Public Radio 3/7/2024> <=click=
SB2329 which I introduced this session was to promote and fund production of fishponds with mullet (’anae) and other equipment for aquaculture. Wai’anae High School “Marine Science Learning Center” (MSLC) is an on-campus aquaculture facility offering Mark Ladao / HPR students hands-on education in marine science and commercial enterprise. They sell products to local communities. The outcome of the research done at the MSLC has led to the successful raising ogo and salt-water tilapia for sale as a source of local protein. The Ku’uwehi Hirashi / HPR outcome of these projects is that they can provide resilient strains of native aquaculture stock for larger fishponds. There are currently 40 fishpond under Hui Malama Loko i’a who hope that this form of indigenous harvesting could result in a full-fledged source of healthy food produced with native knowledge, for the native people, in there native places. This is a wonderful example where the ways of old Are now becoming new all over again. IMUA !!!