Bill Text: HI HCR109 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Fishponds; Traditional Hawaiian Names

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - (H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on WLO as amended in HD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Carroll, Chang, Har, Manahan, Morita, M. Oshiro, Sagum, Tokioka, Ward excused. [HCR109 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	109
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

REQUESTING state departments TO USE traditional HAWAIIAN names when identifying FISHPONDS.

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians constructed nearly 500 fishponds in Hawai�i beginning in the 13^th century, including the 523-acre Keahupua o Maunalua Pond, the largest fishpond in Polynesia; and

WHEREAS, Hawai�i's fishponds represent one of the most advanced fish husbandry techniques among the original peoples of the Pacific; and

WHEREAS, fishponds reinforced traditional cultural values of community and solidarity since the construction of each was a monumental task requiring the cooperation of every family in the ahupua�a; and

WHEREAS, the unique fishponds of Hawai�i have sustained Native Hawaiians since ancient times; and

WHEREAS, fishponds are often fed by springs and provide a favorable environment for fish, limu, and a wide variety of other marine, terrestrial, and plant species; and

WHEREAS, the fishponds provided a source of fish when it was not available from the ocean due to weather and surf, or was kapu during spawning season; and

WHEREAS, this life-giving function of fishponds has been obscured in recent years by the use of such terms as "lagoon," "lake," "basin," "ditch," and "loch;" and

WHEREAS, sole reliance on Tax Map Key numbers and terms such as "remnant" and "vacant" lands has led to the exclusion of traditional Hawaiian names; and

WHEREAS, fishponds are quickly disappearing due to continuing urban development; and

WHEREAS, restoring fishponds will help address the shortage of healthy local food products and promote sustainability; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that state departments are requested to use traditional Hawaiian names when identifying fishponds; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, and the Director or Chairperson of each state department and the Board of Land and Natural Resources.