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While the series is ongoing and will expand over time, the first four installments were recently released and feature experts in the fields of la‘au lapa‘au (medicinal plant collection), wood carving, kilo limu (seaweed observation), and stewardship of special areas.
The clam garden built by the Swinomish Indians with the help of people from Hawaii and elsewhere provides lessons for our own cultural practices.
House Bill 819 was introduced and passed in this year’s legislative session to recognize limu kala as the Hawaii state limu. It now sits on Gov. Josh Green’s desk awaiting his signature.
Hawai‘i Pacific University has a federal grant for research on seaweed, or limu, that could potentially lead to commercial-scale cultivation. Shaun Moss, the executive director of HPU’s Oceanic Institute, says the research’s goal is to assess whether various types of limu can be used to clean up effluent from shrimp and fish farms around the state.
The Limu Eater, a book first published in 1978 by Hawaiʻi Sea Grant is once again available to the public.