The future of a 600-year-old Hawaiian fishpond is in the hands of a Kauaʻi community
A Kauaʻi nonprofit is the proud new owner of the island’s largest remaining Hawaiian fishpond known as Alakoko Fishpond.
The group Mālama Hulēʻia has spent the last four years restoring the property but ran into trouble earlier this year when the landowner put the fishpond up for sale. The 600-year-old fishpond was at risk of development — on the market for $3 million.
Sara Bowen, head of Mālama Hulēʻia, says the group had been working tirelessly to restore the bounty of the 102-acre ancient Hawaiian fishpond.
"We did have a 20-year lease agreement on the property, but we knew that that could be revoked really at any time. So doing this restoration work was always a little bit risky. And when the property came up for sale, you know, it was scary," Bowen said.
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