
Hawaiian Knowledge And Western Science: A Recipe For Reef Recovery?
A daughter of the Big Island’s Kailua-Kona region, Cindi Punihaole remembers when the ocean was teeming with life.
“My father taught me how to throw a net,” recalled Punihaole, now 74. “The sea was our ice box.”
Punihaole left the Big Island for college on the mainland and did not move home again for 30 years, until her aging parents needed her.
What she found on her return shocked her. Far fewer fish. A degraded reef. Resorts, golf courses, overtourism and urbanization — all of it pou...
“My father taught me how to throw a net,” recalled Punihaole, now 74. “The sea was our ice box.”
Punihaole left the Big Island for college on the mainland and did not move home again for 30 years, until her aging parents needed her.
What she found on her return shocked her. Far fewer fish. A degraded reef. Resorts, golf courses, overtourism and urbanization — all of it pou...