Kua'aina Ulu 'Auamo

Mahalo nui to our friends at Pacific Community-SPC for uplifting community-based fishery efforts in Oceania and including KUA and the work of our networks in your dialogues. It is a special and humbling opportunity to learn from and with you all. https://lnkd.in/gHb6YsZM

Job opening with Kipuka Kuleana on Kaua'i!!! PASS IT ON!!! Kīpuka Kuleana is a Kauaʻi-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and land trust that perpetuates kuleana through the protection of cultural landscapes and family lands. Our small but growing team is excited to hire a full-time Coordinator to enhance and grow two of our programs: Kākoʻo ʻOhana (ʻOhana Outreach & Support) and Aʻo (ʻĀina Education). As an organization focused on the well-being of families, we are committed to fostering a work environment that values both family and work-life balance. Our team supports flexible scheduling and offers generous benefits to ensure that employees can thrive both personally and professionally. https://lnkd.in/gGTwSpBk

Job Opening: Protected Species Team lead. Please share with your networks and encourage those who might be interested to apply. Would be nice to get more local applicants to the interview stage. Recruitment Number is DLNR-2024-0002. https://lnkd.in/gb4C4TzD

It is important to review and remind ourselves of what the Public Land Trust (PLT) is, what it means for Hawai'i constitutionally and how it should be used fortify a kuleana of justice to the Native Hawaiian community. Office of Hawaiian Affairs https://www.oha.org/plt/

Aiya! Looks like KUA may have to say something for the opening plenary of the IUCN Leadership Forum October 8, 2024, Geneva, Switzerland, Palexpo Convention Center. https://lnkd.in/gi_6WPrM

Mahalo to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation for including some voices from the communities we serve in this significant national forum. Mahalo to Herb Lee at Pacific American Foundation and the NMFS team for helping tell the story. https://lnkd.in/gxpxYg2g

KUA is honored to be involved with discussions about restorative aquaculture here at home and globally. Fishponds could one day contribute again to our food system but first we must help renew the values and practice underpinning the socio-ecological systems that once allowed them to thrive. Restorative aquaculture could serve to heal our ecosystem first as essential infrastructure supporting more food fish on our shorelines again. A thought piece on a roadmap to restorative aquatic foods worked on among a cohort of aquaculture thinkers at a gathering in Bellagio, Italy just came out in Nature magazine. Here is the shareable link to the full publication: https://lnkd.in/gwKXg7-u

Proud to be a part of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement annual Native Hawaiian Convention in West Hawai'i. With partners Sierra Club of Hawai'i William S. Richardson School of Law Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Office of Hawaiian Affairs of and Earthjustice We held a standing room only panel concerning the Ka Pa'akai analysis on Native Hawaiian rights featuring E Alu Pu kupuna Hannah Springer, Charlie Young and young legal beagle Kaulu Lu'uwai. It is important that legal tools like the Ka Pa'akai become part of the working knowledge and language of communities working to make a difference and shape a more self determining future for Hawai'i. Great job gang!!!

As the American Fisheries Society opens up it conference in Hawai'i this week we are proud to feature an article co-written by one of our community leaders and E Alu Pu co-founder Uncle Damien Kenison of Ho'okena (Kauhako) Bay on Hawai'i island with researchers like Professor Ron Vave of the University of Hawai'i's Pacific Island Studies Program: "Marine ecosystems provide essential services to coastal residents, particularly for indigenous fishing communities that have strong ties to the environment and obtain multiple benefits from their use and management of ocean spaces. However, understanding of how these are impacted by fisheries, external pressures, and ocean management, remains limited due to a focus on economic valuation and aggregated metrics. This study explores the importance of select marine ecosystem services to the wellbeing of an indigenous community in West Hawaiˈi and the observed impacts on these ecosystem services by commercial and subsistence fishing." https://lnkd.in/gE76Kh-Y

Community/Network Job Opportunity: Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center Hawaii are looking for a FULL TIME Operations Coordinator and a contract Grant Accounting and Compliance Specialist. Please send this broadly to your networks and folks you feel would be interested! Get it!!