We are a hui of lawaiʻa (fishers) whose mission is to grow and protect fishing community rights to provide food for families and maintain the generational bond with our treasured shoreline areas. Our access to traditional fishing areas has been threatened since the sugar plantations slow demise, ending in the 1990s. Now, more than ever, we see more gates and more storied places being lost. Lost because kūpuna cannot get there and transfer their stories or even take care of the gravesites of their ancestors. Our access to traditional fishing areas has been threatened since the sugar plantations slow demise, ending in the 1990s. Now, more than ever, we see more gates and more storied places being lost. Lost because kūpuna cannot get there and transfer their stories or even take care of the gravesites of their ancestors.
Organization name
Makahanaloa Fishing Association
Tax id (EIN)
84-5148397
Focus Areas
Advocacy & Community Organizing, Youth Development & Empowerment, Food Sovereignty, Farms, Gardens, Land Back, Land Stewardship, Environment, Community Development
Geographic Area
Local, International
States Served
Hawaii
Address
PO BOX 83-1084