This past week from the 22nd to the 30th I was i Tahiti for a Hokuleʻa ceremony. It was very cool to see all the legends of Hokuleʻa all in one place. We got to talk to Nainoa Thompson for a while and I asked him about how he has seen the ocean change over time. All of the first 1976 voyagers were also on the same trip so we also got to talk to them. They all said that they have seen so much change in the ocean since they grew up from tides rising, overfishing and fish populations decreasing.
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Over Spring Break we have taken photos and video of us spearfishing and diving for invasive fish. We have found many spots that are overtaken by invasive species. We have successfully cleaned some of the reef and helped native fish thrive in their home. We cleaned the invasive fish, then fried them and ate them for lunch so that fish did not go to waste. We successfully cleaned the reef of invasive fish and we used the fish for a good purpose.
This weekend we all got together and had a dive session out Makaha side. We were looking for invasive species in the crevices of the reef. We seen many toʻaus and we clean up the reefs a little bit. We all gathered at a friends house after wards and talk about how this project help all of us as individuals. We cooked all the fish for dinner so nothing went to waste. We teamed up with the Venture Hawaii team. We found that they have an annual contest called "defend and destROI spearfishing tournament."
Today we all met at my house for April 1st. It is the day mullet season opens and my family commercial fishes for mullet. Many fishermen came down today and we talked to them about how the ocean has changed and how invasive species are taking over our reefs. Many of my uncles have seen a decrease in Kumu or whitesaddle goatfish. They say that toʻau (black tail snapper) an invasive fish have been pushing out the Kumu into open ocean where they arenʻt protected by reef. Toʻau have been taking over reefs in Kaneʻohe bay. Today we got a group of our friends together to look at the reefs and see how many native fish were still there.
This weekend we talked to the fishermen of our communities. I talked to my father and asked him about how the ocean has changed over time. He has seen a variety of problems that have taken place in our ocean. Overfishing is a major problem in kaneohe and many people fish when the seasons are over. Catching fish when they are breeding can damage a species majorly. It can kill a species over a short period of time. It does not the fish repopulate so the numbers go down very quickly. Many time there is a black market that people buy fish illegally when the fish are out of season.
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AuthorI am a 10th grader at Kamehameha Schools and I enjoy any activity that involves the ocean. That is why I decided to create this project. ArchivesCategories |