These ingenious fishponds fed Hawaiians before colonialism
Climate Connections

These ingenious fishponds fed Hawaiians before colonialism

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 20261 min
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Restoring these fisheries could make Hawaii more self-sufficient. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. Hawaii imports almost 90% of its food, so if a climate disaster or fuel shortage disrupts shipping, the islands are vulnerable to food shortages. But it was not always this way.

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In the past, Hawaiians grew and harvested a wide range of foods, including fish from specially designed coastal ponds. Fish ponds in Hawaii are very unique because they really optimize the environments where they were built.

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Brenda Lima of the nonprofit Kua'aina Ulu'auamo says some fish ponds were created by building a rock wall to enclose a small bay or other area. Tiny fish would flow into the ponds through wooden grates, then feed on algae and grow too big to swim back out.

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