Anahola, Kauai, Hawaii - Western Pacific Fishery Council
Anahola, Kauai, Hawaii - Western Pacific Fishery Council
Anahola, Kauai, Hawaii - Western Pacific Fishery Council
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About This CalendarThis <strong>Hawaii</strong>an lunarcalendar features thework of students whoattend the Kaiāulu<strong>Anahola</strong> after-schoolprogram in theahupua‘a of <strong>Anahola</strong>,moku ‘okana of Ko‘olau,mokupuni of Kaua‘i.Under the guidanceof Kumu KamealohaSmith and MikalaShofner, part of their science and <strong>Hawaii</strong>an language curriculum focusedon the restoration of destroyed and neglected areas of <strong>Anahola</strong> Bay. Basedon surveys and community feedback, the restoration of marine resources iscritical to the survival of traditional practices including subsistence fishing and<strong>Hawaii</strong>an language use.The calendar was produced by the <strong>Western</strong><strong>Pacific</strong> Regional <strong>Fishery</strong> Management<strong>Council</strong>, a federal instrumentality createdby Congress in 1976 to manage federalfisheries in the US <strong>Pacific</strong> Islands. The<strong>Council</strong> coordinator for this project wasSylvia Spalding, under the leadership ofExecutive Director Kitty Simonds andin consultation with <strong>Council</strong> contractorKalei Nu`uhiwa, who provided the Kaua‘ilunar month calculations and worked directly with Kaiāulu <strong>Anahola</strong>. Thetide charts are for Nawiliwili. They were produced by Barry Smith (Universityof Guam, retired) from data provided by the NOAA Center for OperationalOceanographic Products and Services (http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov).The students began their training by learning about the traditional <strong>Hawaii</strong>anlunar calendar. The students studied the moon phases, the months and theseasons in <strong>Hawaii</strong>an. For most students, this was the first time they studiedthe <strong>Hawaii</strong>an cycle of moons as it pertains to the ocean and land resources.Students recorded their daily and nightly observations of the moon phasesand changes in the weather. They also learned about <strong>Hawaii</strong>an place names,traditional fishing practices and water quality testing. Some of their findingsare included in this calendar. The students gathered information basedon the standardized calculation of the <strong>Hawaii</strong>an lunar month placementsrecorded in <strong>Hawaii</strong>an Antiquities written by Davida Malo (1793-1853). However,this calendar also features the traditional Kaua`i names as recorded by J.M.Poepoe (1906) and N. Emerson (1898). The calendar also features informationon traditional fishing knowledge from Ka Hana Lawai‘a (Kumu PonoAssociates, 2003/2004).