The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has produced traditional lunar calendars for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) since 2007. The intent is to raise awareness about traditional ecological knowledge and enhance community involvement in fishery management.
This 2021 Eskaleran Pulan Chamorro/2021 Refaluwasch Pápáál Maram highlights popular fishing grounds around the CNMI. Chamorro and Refaluwasch are the indigenous people of the Mariana Archipelago. Chamorro and Refaluwasch, along with English, are the official languages of the CNMI. The Chamorro names for the lunar months and moon phases are in black and the Refaluwasch names are in green.
The moon phases in this calendar are for Saipan as calculated by the HM Nautical Almanac (astro.ukho.gov.uk/websurf). The tide charts with moon rise and set times are in Chamorro time for Saipan and were provided by OceanFun Publishing, NZ. A special un dangkulu na si yu‘us ma‘ase and ghilisou tumo‘o‘gh to calendar contributors no
