Lawai'a

ʻIke

Nā Maka o Kealakekua

Charles Kealoha Leslie
Founder, Fisherman, Cultural Practitioner

Lineal descendant of Kealakekua, 79 years of lawaiʻa knowledge

“I was born into the bay. It is part of me, and I am part of it.”

ʻIke Lawaiʻa is a Native Hawaiian Organization nonprofit rooted in Kealakekua Bay. Our mission is to perpetuate traditional lawaiʻa (fishing) practices, preserve the bay's ecological and cultural health, and pass down ancestral knowledge to the next generation.

From the days of Leslie Brothers Fishing Company in 1911 to Hana Like Fish and now Project Lanui, we have been stewards of this place for over a century.

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