Loko Iʻa — Hawaiian Fishpond Aquaculture
Hawaiian
Not a cooking technique but a food production system. The fishpond represents the highest expression of Hawaiian resource management — the ahupuaʻa system (mountain-to-sea land division) ensured that freshwater runoff enriched the fishponds, which fed the coastal communities, which maintained the ponds. Circular, self-sustaining, elegant.
1. EXCEPTIONAL: A functioning fishpond producing fat, healthy ʻamaʻama from a restored ancient system. 4. INSUFFICIENT: A fishpond allowed to collapse from neglect. The engineering requires constant maintenance of the kuapā walls and makahā gates.
EXCEPTIONAL: A functioning fishpond producing fat, healthy ʻamaʻama from a restored ancient system.
INSUFFICIENT: A fishpond allowed to collapse from neglect. The engineering requires constant maintenance of the kuapā walls and makahā gates.
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INSUFFICIENT: A fishpond allowed to collapse from neglect. The engineering requires constant maintenance of the kuapā walls and makahā gates.
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