MAUI HIKINA HULIĀMAHI

"We're all family across all the mokus of East Maui. We all have the same issues.
We all need to work together." - Uncle John Lind, Kīpahulu 'Ohana

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​​How does this relate to the Kīpahulu CBSFA?
Kīpahulu Moku was designated as a Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) in March 2023. The Maui Hikina Huliāmahi initiative is comprised of East Maui fishers and community groups who have been doing makai management in their areas for years. Many of the MHH proposed regulations are inspired by and in alignment with Kīpahuluʻs CBSFA. Our goal is to kōkua all of East Maui!

What is the role of the Network with this Initiative?
Maui Hikina Huliāmahi is an initiative of East Maui fishers and residents focused on community-led planning for regional makai management across the four moku of East Maui. The Network serves as the umbrella for the regional council, as requested, working with East Maui community groups to plan and promote the Maui Hikina Huliāmahi process to establish consensus for marine resource management planning. The Network hopes to spur community conversations within/among different moku in Maui Nui for regional cohesion of marine resource management and contribute local community perspectives and solutions in understanding and navigating climate change adaptation in rapidly changing marine ecosystems.

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Maui Hikina
​Draft Proposal

Maui Hikina Huliāmahi is an initiative of East Maui fishers and residents focused on community-led planning for regional makai (marine) management across the four moku of East Maui: Ko‘olau, Hāna, Kīpahulu, & Kaupō. The process began in 2019, when several East Maui communities expressed their commitment to work together to sustain their ahupua'a systems. They each participated in workshops following the Network's Mālama I Ke Kai Guide where they developed makai management plans for their own areas. The East Maui groups then invited the Maui Nui Makai Network to support their efforts to work together across the region.​

​In June of 2023, communities of all four moku met to agree on a regional plan grounded in traditional knowledge and sound science. This is a community-drafted proposal that is now being circulated for review and feedback from Ko‘olau to Kaupō. In July 2024, the hui met to finalize the management plan and decided to move forward with an East Maui Regional Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area. Please take time to read through the draft proposal and proved any comments with the link above. ​Your input is critical to its success!

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HO'ONOHONOHO: GOALS & OBJECTIVES

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KUMU KĀNĀWAI: CODE OF CONDUCT

The Kumu Kanawai, or Code of Conduct are not rules, but rather informal fishing practices grounded in traditional subsistence ʻohana values and customs. We’d like to see everyone harvesting in Maui Hikina follow and respect these common sense pono fishing practices that maintain healthy, regenerative, and sustainable populations of nearshore resources.

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OVERARCHING RULES

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PLACE-BASED PROTECTIONS

Five sites in Maui Hikina have been identified for additional management, on top of the proposed rules shared.

Additional management could address:

1. Heavy use of area
2. Protect traditional fishing rights
3. Protect endangered honu ea nesting grounds
4. Manage limu, ‘opihi, or other important species
5. Promote traditional practices and ahupua‘a management

Please view site specific protections below and provide any feedback using the form linked above!

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Koʻolau Moku

Proposals by location:

• Honomanū Educational Reserve

​Proposed ʻOpihi Rest Area(s:)

• Honomanū Bay ​(enforced)
• Pōpō to first paʻi ​(voluntary)
• Waialohe to Kilo (voluntary)

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Hāna Moku

Proposals by locations:

• Puʻu Kū Educational Reserve
• Kapueokahi Marine Managed Area (Regulations Undecided)

Proposed ʻOpihi Rest Area(s:)

1. Āhole pt. to Nānuʻalele (for discussion)
2. Kapueokahi (by boat ramp and wharf) (voluntary)
3. Puʻukiʻi to Kaihalulu (enforced)

​Proposals by location:

• Koki Beach to Hāmoa Beach: Ula (lobster) Management Area. To further protect the population of ula in Hāneoʻo and Hāmoa, a bag limit of 2 ula per person/per day is being proposed. The Regional Maui Hikina CBSFA proposal bag limit is 5.

Proposed ʻOpihi Rest Area(s:)

1. South of Kapia Gulch (voluntary)

​​Proposals by location:

• Pōhakuloa Bay/Beach: honuʻea (hawksbill turtle) and ʻīlioholoikauaua (Hawaiian monk seal) protection area (regulations undecided)
• Kauakio Bay Fish Replenishment Area
• Wailua Bay Fish Replenishment Area

​Proposed ʻOpihi Rest Area(s:)

1. Kānewai (voluntary), currently exists

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Kaupō Moku

​​​Proposals by location:

• Māʻalo Pt. to Punahoa Pump Marine Managed Area
  • ʻĀweoweo bag limit: 5 per person/per day
  • Moi bag limit: 1 per person/per day

​Proposed ʻOpihi Rest Area(s:)

1. Māʻalo Pt. to Punahoa Pump ​(enforced)

‘O Maui Hikina Kākou!
We are East Maui!
Ko‘olau, Hāna, Kīpahulu, Kaupō.
We work together to honor our kūpuna, future generations, and lāhui. We strive for a life rooted in sustainability ensuring an abundance of resources. We protect and preserve our communities’ traditions. From mauka to makai, our forests, streams, and ocean are full of life that feeds and empowers our families. As one ‘ohana, we celebrate each others’ commonalities and differences, committed to learn, share, and support all our efforts to mālama ‘āina. Unified, we are stronger, more efficient, knowledgable, compassionate, and resilient.
In this, we honor our Hā.
‘O Maui Hikina Kākou!
We are East Maui!

Photo credit: Alana Yurkanin (header); Maui Nui Makai Network (group photo); Jill Wirt ('opihi)

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