NFWF Grant Profile

Establish a baseline of the nearshore fish and coral communities along the northeast coast of Lana‘i, Hawai‘i to inform local watershed mitigation activities and support the State of Hawai‘i's goals to establish 30% of nearshore waters as marine management areas by 2030. Project will collect benthic, fish, and nearshore water quality data and establish sedimentation flow patterns that will inform recommendations for a long-term monitoring plan.