"Our glorious waa [canoe] community, Hui o Waa Kaulua, is uncomfortable coming into the bay because the commercial boats are dominating the moorings. There have been shouting matches and really uncomfortable interactions,"
"just to keep people from pooping and peeing on the ground,"
"It's literally been decades, if not centuries, of lack of management and no regulation. It's just been a big free-for-all forever."
Honolua Bay in West Maui is a culturally significant, undeveloped shoreline prized for snorkeling and world-class surf breaks. The bay is deteriorating due to overcrowding and coral damage caused by commercial boats, and Native Hawaiian practitioners are being displaced from traditional canoe and cultural activities. Local residents report confrontations as commercial vessels dominate moorings. The shoreline lacks basic infrastructure to support an estimated 500 to 1,000 daily visitors, prompting grassroots responses such as a portable toilet service. A Save Honolua Coalition formed in 2007 stopped a proposed luxury development and the state later purchased surrounding land and initiated planning efforts.
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