Nathan (Contractor) J. Roberts

Fish Habitat Partnerships Making a Difference in Kiholo Estuary-Fishpond Complex, Hawaii

Partnership - Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership Anchialine pools represent an inland waterbody type that is widespread but threatened throughout the Hawaiian Islands and is a key habitat type of concern to the Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership. Anchialine pools, also known as fishponds in Hawaii, are near the coast and are land-locked bodies of water that have connections both to the sea, typically by high tides, as well as to local freshwater. These systems have been used for thousands of years for fish production by Native Hawaiians. The majority of remaining fishpond pools are located on the Kona coast and southern coastlines of the Big Island, the southeast coast of Maui, and on several small and widely separated...

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Fish Habitat Partnerships Making a Difference in Waipa Stream, Kauai, Hawaii

Partnership - Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership The Waipa Stream flows from lower Mount Waialeale to Hanalei Bay on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii. Much of the upper Waipa Stream system still exhibits good quality aquatic habitat. However, the lower reaches of Waipa Stream were significantly degraded due to widespread and dense overgrowth of an invasive riparian tree known as hau ( Hibiscus tiliaceus). The in-stream habitat available for native aquatic fish and invertebrates was reduced by hau growth in the stream causing sediment and plant debris to fill up a stretch of the stream channel and creating unnatural barriers for migrating native fish and prawns that have to pass through this section of the stream...

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