Monday, September 16
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Kawika Winter
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
Weaving Indigenous Knowledge into Fisheries Management and Research
Kawika Winter is a trans-disciplinary ecologist who has focused his research and professional career on indigenizing science and conservation. Dr. Winter functions as this change agent by operating at the confluence of academia, resource management, and policy. In this capacity, he is a research professor at UH Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, he is the Director of the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve here on Oʻahu, and he currently holds a seat on the White House’s Ocean Research Advisory Panel. His plenary presentation will focus on contextualizing Hawaiʻi as a leader in the global movement toward indigenizing fisheries research and management.
Hi'ilei Kawelo
Loko Iʻa a Lawa Iʻa: Fishpond Restoration, Fishery Restoration
Hiʻilei Kawelo is one the founders of Paepae o Heʻeia and has been its Executive Director since 2007. Paepae o Heʻeia is a small non-profit organization that cares for Heʻeia Fishpond, an 88-acre, 800-year old traditional Hawaiian fishpond located in Heʻeia, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. Paepae o Heʻeia was founded in 2001 and has been actively working to restore the fishpond for the past 23 years. Hiʻilei’s passion is Hawai‘i, its land and sea, its people, practices and traditions. Hi‘ilei is a wahine lawaiʻa (fisherwoman) from Kahalu‘u, Koʻolaupoko, O‘ahu. Her ʻohana has been fishing the waters of Kawahaokamanō (Kāneʻohe Bay) continuously for the past 6 generations and their dependence on the Bay for sustenance is what inspires her.
Tuesday, September 17
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Chatham (Chad) Callan
Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Putting the fish back in fishponds : Aquaculture’s role in the restoration of Hawaii’s culturally significant coastal resources
Chad Callan is an Associate Professor of Aquaculture at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, located at the Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Director of Finfish Research at the Oceanic Institute of Hawai‘i Pacific University for over 15 years. Chad has an extensive background in marine fish aquaculture and the development and application of aquaculture technologies in the Pacific.
Noelani Puniwai
Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Hoʻoulu ʻāina, hoʻoulu kānaka – How pono science creates spaces of abundance
Noelani Puniwai has worked with youth and young academics for over 20 years, nurturing the next generation of aloha ʻāina leaders through her work at PIPES and as an Associate Professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. Facilitating courses such as Kānāwai Lawaiʻa, ʻĀina Waiwai, Pono Science, and Aloha Kanaloa she brings her environmental and marine science background into a modern indigenous research space. Noelani believes that we can use the rigor and methodologies of pono science, the foundational wisdom of our kūpuna, and our experiential daily practice of aloha ‘āina to awaken responsible action for the future of our Hawaiʻi.