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Kupuna Mac Poepoe will share some of his insights as a Molokai fisherman and conservationist in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo.

Mac Poepoe

Poepoe will speak on “Feeding Family” from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, April 29 at the Keauhou Beach Resort Ballroom in Kona and from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, May 2 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Campus Center Room 301.

As co-founder of the 18-year old Hui Malama o Moomomi, Poepoe has led the way toward educating others about the coastal resources found in Moomomi Bay and pono (proper) behaviors that ensure not only familial but community subsistence.

Hui Malama o Moomomi has produced a fishing calendar based on the cultural practices that are linked with the phases of the moon.

Poepoe was the 2006 recipient of a lifetime achievement award from Hawaii’s Living Reef Awards Program.

For more information on Poepoe’s presentations, contact Joy Cunefare at (808) 534-8528 or e-mail info@kohalacenter.org.

For lecture schedules and webcasts of previous lectures, visit http://kohalacenter.org/puanakaike/about.html and www.keauhouresort.com/learn-puanakaike.html

The Puana Ka Ike and Eia Hawaii lecture series are presented in partnership with Keauhou-Kahaluu Education Group of Kamehameha Schools, The Kohala Center, the Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and Keauhou Beach Resort.