Organization

Makahanaloa Fishing Association represents over one hundred and twenty ʻohana with ancestral ties to Pepeʻekeo, Papaʻikou, Honomu, and Hilo. One interpretation of lawaiʻa is lawa iʻameaning Enough Fish. The fishers that make up Makahanaloa Fishing Association are feeding their ʻohana and they share fish, limu, ʻopihi, crab, and fishing knowledge so that many in the community have lawa iʻa. Makahanaloa Fishing Association is by every means seeking to grow and to protect our fishing community’s rights to provide food for their families and maintain the generational bond with our treasured shoreline areas. In order to accomplish this mission Makahanaloa Fishing Association formed itʻs 501c3 non-profit organization in 2020.