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Ka Ulana Pilina Badge Olelo Hawaiiʻ seaweed, ʻo macroalgae, a ʻo kelp — nui nā inoa like ʻole no nā lāʻau o ke kai, akā ma Ჹɲʻ, ʻo limu kona inoa.

Ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā haole komohana, he koʻikoʻi ka lumi ma ka moʻomeheu a me ka nohona Ჹɲʻ. ʻ ka limu he ʻai, he lāʻau lapaʻau, he mea lei, a he mea hoʻowaihoʻoluʻu i ke kapa. ʻ kekahi ʻano ʻo ka, he mea ia ma nā hana hoʻoponopono — he ʻaha ia e hoʻonā ʻia ai ka hihia o ka naʻau — i mea e noi kala ʻia ai nā kānaka ma ka ʻaha ma o ka hoʻopaʻa a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka lāʻau.

Ma ke ʻano he kahua ia no ka ʻōnaehana ʻai o nā holoholona kai, he mea nui ka limu ma nā kaiaola moana, ʻoiai, nāna e hānai a kiaʻi i nā holoholona iwi kuamoʻo ʻole liʻiliʻi a me nā holoholona ʻai lāʻau.

Limu Wally Ito Crustacean Limu Kohu
Kuhi ka loea limu ʻo Wally Ito i kahi 貹첹 liʻiliʻi i ʻimi ʻia ma kēia lālā o ka limu kohu. Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Akā naʻe, ma o kēlā mau kekeke aku nei, ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia nā limu ʻōiwi like ʻole ma ko Ჹɲʻ mau kai. ʻ ke kūkulu hale, ka hoʻohaumia wai honua, nā lāhui limu haole a me ka hoʻohuli aniau, ua lilo pū kēia mau mea i pilikia nui no ka limu.

ʻ Veronica Gibson, he haumāna laeʻula ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ ma Mānoa, a e noiʻi limu ana ʻo ia no nā makahiki he 10 a ʻoi. Nāna kā i ʻōlelo, aia kākou ma kinohi o ka hoʻomaopopo leʻa ʻana i ia mea. ʻ ka mea mōakākā naʻe, ʻo ia ke kuleana a ka poʻe e ʻauamo aku ana no ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka limu.

Limu Veronica Gibson Diving
Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Veronica Gibson ma Kona, a ma laila i ulu aʻe ai kona hoihoi limu me kona puni kai ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he moho laeʻula ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ ma Mānoa, ke noiʻi nei ʻo ia nei i ka pilina o ka wai honua a me ka limu. Elizabeth Sides

“ʻ kākou kānaka nā wilikī kaiaola e koho i nā mea e uluāhewa a me ke ʻano o kā kākou hopena ma kēia mau kaiaola,” wahi āna.

Paʻa ko Gibson manaʻo, inā hoʻonui ʻia ka helu o nā kānaka i kamaʻāina i ka hiʻona o nā kaiaola ʻōiwi, e hiki ana iā lākou ke haʻilono i nā loli maʻamau ʻole.

ʻ Nā Haʻawina Uluāhewa

He paʻakikī ka hoʻoponopono ʻia ʻana o kēia pilikia. Akā, aia ke kinohi ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā lāʻau ʻino a me ke kumu o ka ʻino.

ʻ ka Department of Land and Natural Resources,ma Ჹɲʻ. Ua kaulana kēia mau ʻano limu i ka ʻ貹첹 ʻana i nā limu ʻōiwi, e laʻa ʻo muck weed, ʻo hook weed, a me “smothering seaweed.”

Ka Papahelu Huaʻōlelo Hou

Wehewehe mau ʻia ka līoho mānui malihini ma ke ʻano he lāhui haole e ʻdz󲹰 ma nā hāpapa a ālai i ka māhuahua ʻana o nā lāhui ʻē aʻe, e laʻa nā lāʻau, nā holoholona iwi kuamoʻo ʻole a me nā iʻa. Akā, hiki i ka limu ʻōiwi ke poʻipū i nā hāpapa, a hiki i ka limu i hoʻolauna ʻia ke ʻDZܷɱ i ko lākou mau nohona.

“I koʻu manaʻo, he kūlana ka mea i ‘hoʻolauna ia’ a me ka mea ‘malihini,” wahi a Ryan Okano, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻohana polokalamu no ko ka DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources. “ʻ ka mea uluāhewa, noʻu iho, he ʻano ia e hōʻike ʻia e nā lāhui haole ma loko o nā pōʻaiapili maʻamau ʻole.”

ʻ i kapa ʻia ʻo gorilla ogo, ua lawe ʻia maila kēia i Ჹɲʻ ma ke ʻano he ʻai. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia ka lāhui poupou mai Hilo a i Oʻahu, a i loko nō o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o kēia limu no ka hōʻono ʻana i ka puaʻa a me ka poke, ua emi ke koi a nui aʻe ka lako.

Ua nānā ʻo Gibson i ka māhuahua ʻana o ka gorilla ogo ma ko Oʻahu kai ma o kēlā mau makahiki aku nei he 12, a ua komo ʻo ia i nā hana hemo ogo ma Waikīkī. Paʻa kona manaʻo, he haʻawina nō ia e makaʻala ai.

“E akahele i kāu mea e hoʻolauna aku ai, no ka mea, he paʻakikī ka wānana ʻana i ka mea e hiki mai ana,” wahi a Gibson.

Ma muli o ka ʻdz󲹱貹 ʻana, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaupaʻi ai ʻole ʻia ʻana o ka limu ma o kekahi hapa, ua ʻdz󲹰 ka gorilla ogo i nā kapakai hikina a me nā kapakai ʻākau, a ma laila nō i lupalupa ai kona hoa paio ʻo ka limu manauea.

“Hoʻololi ʻia ke kaiaola e kona lupalupa ʻana, akā ʻaʻole nō ke makemake ʻia,” wahi a Gibson.

Limu Wally Ito Malia Heimuli Oneula Beach Park Ewa Beach
ʻhiʻohi ʻo Wally Ito i mau 貹Բ o ka limu ʻōiwi ma ka pāka kahakai ʻo Oneʻula. E mālama aku ana ʻo ia i ua mau 貹Բ nei ma kahi puke lina kui e hōʻike aku ai a e aʻo aku ai i ko Ჹɲʻ mau haumāna i ka limu. Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

ʻ Wally Ito, ʻo ia he kamaʻāina a he loea limu, a ua hoʻomaha loa aku nei ʻo ia i kona kūlana luna ma . He 50 ona makahiki ma ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻ貹첹 ʻana o ka limu haole i nā limu ʻōiwi.

Ma mua, ua kaulana loa i ka nui o nā ʻano limu e lupalupa ana. Kau mai ka haliʻa o Ito i nā kahakai e uhi ʻia i nā ʻano ʻōmaʻomaʻo like ʻole, a na nā kamaʻāina e ʻohi a lawe i ka limu i ka hale.

Ua hoʻēmi nui ʻia ka nui limu e ka hoʻonui ʻana o ke kūkulu hale, a ua hoʻopilikia pū hoʻi ka mahi uka ʻana i ka wai honua e pono ai ke ola o ka limu ma ka moana. ʻAʻole hiki i ka limu ʻōiwi ke kāmau ma i ko Ჹɲʻ kai ma nā kekeke 1970 a me 1980 no ka mahi iʻa.

Ke aʻo aku nei ʻo Ito i kona ʻike limu i nā kaiāulu i hoihoi i ka hoʻoponopono kapakai ʻana. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ʻAnakala Wally, a hoʻomākaʻikaʻi pinepine ʻo ia i nā haumāna a me nā lālā kaiāulu ma o nā “limu walks.” Ma laila nō ʻo ia e nānā aku ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻano limu ma ko Oʻahu mau kahakai like ʻole.

E Hoʻokaulike

He mau ʻano limu like ʻole ma nā pae like ʻole. ʻAʻole ia he limu maikaʻi a he limu maikaʻi ʻole. E aho nā mea noiʻi e noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o nā limu malihini e hoʻololi aku ai i nā kaiaola holoʻokoʻa ma o nā mea maikaʻi a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole.

He ʻai ka limu na nā ʻopihi, nā wana, a me nā iʻa, a he hale hoʻi nō ia no nā iʻa liʻiliʻi. Kōkua kekahi mau limu e hānau i ke one a kūkulu i ka hāpapa.

“ʻAʻole pili wale kēia i ke kāohi limu maikaʻi ʻole,” wahi a Okano. “E aho kākou e noʻonoʻo i kā kākou hana ponoʻī i kēia mau kaiaola.”

Aia ke ola o ka limu i ka wai honua i nui aʻe ai ka ܲDZ, akā, ke haumia ka wai i ka hana kanaka, hiki i nā limu ʻōiwi ke hana me he limu malihini lā. ʻ ka wai pelapela, ka luawai pelapela, ke kūkulu hale, a me ka mahiʻai ʻana, hiki pū i kēia mau mea ke hoʻopilikia nui.

“E ulu koke nā limu ʻōiwi me ka ʻai ʻana i kēlā mau ܲDZ,” wahi a Gibson. “Akā, inā keu ka līoho a ka nui, e pala ana ka limu a hoʻēmi ʻia ka ʻǰ쾱Ա, a ʻo ka haʻalele akula nō ia o nā iʻa.”

Hoʻohihia ʻia aku ka pilikia e ka hoʻohuli aniau, keu hoʻi nā hopena o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻilikai a me ka hoʻomehana kai.

ʻ Kanoe Morishige, he luna ʻo ia no , a ua noiʻi ʻo ia i ka nui helu o ka limu, ka ʻopihi, a me ka hāʻukeʻuke. Kuhi ʻo ia, ʻo ka wā lōʻihi me ka wela a me ka ʻole o nā nalu nunui, ʻo ia ke hoʻomake i ka limu. A laila, hiki i kēlā ke hoʻololi i ka ʻai a me ka nohona o nā iʻa a waele ʻia kahi e lupalupa ai nā limu malihini.

“Inā hoʻololi ʻia ka holo maʻamau ʻana o ko kākou ʻāina, hiki ke hoʻololi nui ʻia ka māhuahua ʻana aʻe o kēia mau lāhui,” wahi āna.

Paʻakikī ka hoʻokaulike ʻana i kahi kaiaola, wahi āna, a hoʻonui ʻia ka paʻakikī e nā limu malihini a me nā loli maʻamau ʻole e hana ana ma nā kai.

E Pani Hakahaka

Me nā ʻano limu he 500 a ʻoi ma Ჹɲʻ, ua maopopo iā Nicole Yamase, aia kākou ma kinohi o ka hoʻomaopopo leʻa ʻana i ka limu a me ke ʻano o kona ulu ʻana. Mahalo ka moho laeʻula Maikonekia i ka noiʻi limu ma Ჹɲʻ ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o ka limu i ka moʻomeheu Ჹɲʻ.

“Makemake loa wau e lawe mai i kēia pilina i kuʻu home a pani i kēia mau hakahaka ʻike,” wahi āna.

Nui nā hana moʻomeheu me ka limu ma Ჹɲʻ ma muli paha o kona lupalupa a me kona hiki ke ʻohiʻohi maʻalahi ʻia. No laila, e aha ana inā emi mai ka limu ʻōiwi?

Limu Nicole Yamase AFRC
Mālama ʻo Nicole Yamase i kāna mau noiʻi ma Ānuenue Fisheries Research Center ma Honolulu. Ke hoʻopaʻa nei ʻo ia i ka līoho ʻo Microdictyon setchellianum, ʻo ia kahi lāhui limu e ʻimi pinepine ʻia ma Ჹɲʻ. Courtesy of Nicole Yamase

Ua kapa ʻo Ჹɲʻ i ka makahiki 2022 ʻo “,” a nui nā mea e aʻo ʻia. Akā naʻe, no Yamase, he hōʻailona kēia e hōʻike ʻia aku ai ka hoihoi o nā kānaka e mālama a hoʻolaha i ka ʻike limi ʻōiwi i ke kaiāulu. Ke noiʻi nei ʻo ia i ka limu kala, ʻo ia nō he lāhui limu a Ito e makemake ai e lilo i limu kūhelu no ka mokuʻāina.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Morishige, he mea nui ke aʻo ʻana i ka limu ma ke ʻano he ʻai; he hana hoʻi ia e hui pū ai nā kānaka a hana haʻaheo i ka ʻike kuʻuna.

“Ua pili nā loina limu i ka ʻike makamaka i ka ʻāina a me kahi kuleana a ko kākou mau lawaiʻa a me nā kānaka e ʻauamo nei no ko lākou mau kaiāulu lahalaha,” wahi āna.

A, e hana ka limu me he kenele lā ma ka mine lānahu no ka nānā ʻana i ke olakino o ko kākou mau kaiaola kahakai, wahi āna. No laila, e aho e makaʻala. ʻIke ʻo ia, inā loli ka limu, e loli ka nui o ka ʻopihi a me ka hāʻukeʻuke, a pēlā pū me nā nui iʻa, a ʻo ka loli akula nō ia o ka ʻōnaehana ʻai holoʻokoʻa, no ka mea, ua pili pū nā ʻōnaehana a pau a kaukaʻi lākou kekahi i kekahi no ke ola pono ʻana.

“ʻ ka limu ka hōʻailona mua ma kapakai e hōʻike ana i nā mea e hana ana ma kai a me ka ʻāina,” wahi a Morishige.

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