Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

2. Ke kahea (proper introduction or call to the informant)3. Ka ho‘okupu (appropriate gift presented to the informant4. Ke kukakuka ana e kahuiana (discussion and negotiation)5. kapanina e ho‘okupu (closure)Ke ike (sharing knowledge and understanding procedures)1. Ka ho‘omakaumakau ana (preparation for sharing)2. Ke a‘o mai ana (sharing knowledge with the informant)3. Ka malama ana (agreement on how the knowledge will be used and protecting theknowledge)4. Ke a‘o aku ana (instruction to the guest and sharing of ‘ike)Furthermore we declare that Native Hawaiians today are entitled to all customary andtraditional subsistence, cultural and religious rights that were possessed by ahupuaa tenantsprior to 1778, and .We further recommend, and will act to establish the following:• An Aha Moku on each island• Laws that prohibit the introduction of alien invasive species that would negatively impacton native, endemic and indigenous species,• Provisions to remove such species as noted above to make the land pono,• The inventory and monitoring of our natural resources,• Recommendations to be made based on the results of the above,• A State holiday (e.g., January 17 or July 31) to celebrate the Kanaka Maoli during whichwe shall walk our aina, and• Recognition and establishment by the State and county governments of a means forcommunity-based self enforcement (such as Native Hawaiian rangers) of the rules andpractices of each ahupua‘a.Translation notes: aha moku (district island councils); ahupua‘a (Hawaiiian land division); ‘aina (land);ike (knowledge or information); keiki (children); kuleana (responsibility); kupuna (elders or teachers);mo‘olelo (story or stories); ohana (family); oli (story chant); pono (righteous or correct).The third conference (Puwalu III) brought together practitioners, educators, government agenciesand policy makers to discuss the implementation of a community and cultural consultationprocess through the development of na aha moku for each island.Under the Hawaii Archipelago FEP, this conference series will continue in Hawaii and willsubsequently be extended to the other areas of the Western Pacific Region. Although the specificformat will be tailored to each area’s cultures and communities, in all cases the Council will seekto increase the participation of indigenous communities in the harvest, research, conservation andmanagement of marine resources as called for in Section 305 of the MSA.1.7.3 International Management24