{"id":125664,"date":"2020-08-24T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=125664"},"modified":"2021-02-12T13:43:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T23:43:16","slug":"heeia-fishpond-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/24\/heeia-fishpond-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u02bbeia Fishpond restoration, research continue with <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_125676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125676\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond.jpg\" alt=\"woman on paddle board\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">糖心Vlog官方 M&#257;noa graduate student Becca Lensing with the Alegado Lab sampling at <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond. (Photo credit: Alegado Lab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To improve the water quality in <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond and surrounding coastal areas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sea Grant College Program<\/a> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">(Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sea Grant) is leading a two-year project in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/paepaeoheeia.org\/\">Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia,\">He&#699;eia,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiannativeplants.com\/\">Hui K&#363; Maoli Ola<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakilohonuaoheeia.org\/\">N&#257; Kilo Honua o <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span><\/a> to remove invasive mangrove and hau (lowland tree) and install bioretention basins.<\/p>\n<p>The project, funded by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Department of Health Clean Water Branch, builds on a previous successful project which resulted in considerable improvements to the ecosystem and water quality within the fishpond with the removal of invasive red mangroves.<\/p>\n<p>Bioretention basins have been shown to reduce polluted runoff by up to 90 percent. The two bioretention basins installed during this project will be strategically placed in front of storm drain outlets that feed into <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond, which will allow the stormwater to collect, settle, then infiltrate into the ground slowly, reducing impacts to the fishpond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em>糖心Vlog官方 News<\/em> story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/06\/manoa-sea-grant-mangroves-heeia\/\">Fishpond sees dramatic turn after removal of invasive plants<\/a>, August 6, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Water quality monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>Two <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a>\u2019s marine biology graduate program will focus on water quality monitoring as part of the project. <strong>Becca Lensing<\/strong> and <strong>Hoaka Thomas<\/strong> will monitor concentrations of nutrient pollutants, sediment, microbial contaminants and circulation and flow rate in the fishpond.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125677\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"man on a boat\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-sea-grant-fishpond-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoaka Thomas, graduate student in the marine biology graduate program, sampling at <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond. (Photo credit: Alegado Lab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The research we\u2019re doing, in partnership with the Department of Health and Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia,\">He&#699;eia,<\/span> is really exciting,&rdquo; Lensing noted. &ldquo;Water quality analysis can provide measurements on how current biocultural restoration efforts are moving the fishpond to a more productive and sustainable habitat. This is especially important in a time where <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is trying to balance an ever-growing and culturally diverse population while maintaining its ties to the Hawaiian culture, and preserving sustainable practices like loko <span aria-label=\"ia.\">i&#699;a.<\/span>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> is a leader in fishpond restoration and cultural stewardship of natural resources, so much of what we\u2019re doing, in collaboration with all the science teams working with Paepae, is humbly groundbreaking and will set a precedent for future work in Hawaiian fishpond and wetland restoration,&rdquo; Thomas added.<\/p>\n<h2>Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia\u2019s\">He&#699;eia\u2019s<\/span> work<\/h2>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond is 600 to 800-years-old and this project will play a critical role in the continued restoration of the pond. Abundant and clean fresh water is critical to Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia\u2019s\">He&#699;eia\u2019s<\/span> work in cultivating fish through Native Hawaiian aquaculture techniques, and more broadly to restoring fishponds across the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to growing fish, <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span> Fishpond collaborates with researchers to conduct cutting-edge research, and also provides a unique cultural learning environment for students and communities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This project aligns with our restoration goals and vision for the fishpond, and gives us an opportunity to deal directly with the urban runoff that drains directly into the fishpond,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Kelii\">Keli&#699;i<\/span> Kotubetey, founder and assistant executive director of Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia.\">He&#699;eia.<\/span> &ldquo;These bioretention basins will help us capture storm water from over 50 homes and street surfaces, and hopefully make it as clean as possible before it enters the pond. Clean fresh water is critical to a healthy fishpond environment and clean seafood. This pond was originally built by many hands working in unison&#8212;<em>laulima<\/em>&#8212;and we continue that tradition by engaging our neighbors, students, families and volunteers in healing projects like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>By Cindy Knapman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building on a previous project which resulted in improvements to the ecosystem and the fishpond\u2019s water quality by removing invasive red mangroves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1363,1314,175,92,635,73,9,438],"class_list":["post-125664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-marine-biology","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-sea-grant-college-program","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-sea-grant","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125664"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125738,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125664\/revisions\/125738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}