For the Bay
For the Future
For Life
Our vision:
A Maunalua Bay where marine life is abundant, the water is clean and clear, and people take kuleana in caring for the Bay.
Mãlama Maunalua’s efforts to restore Maunalua Bay comprise a spectrum of environmental projects, including the restoration of the native Hawaiian seagrass Halophila hawaiiana, which used to be very dominant and once supported a diverse group of marine species in Maunlua…
Mālama Maunalua extends a warm welcome to another set of summer interns who will be working a variety of projects including transplanting urchins to remove or prevent a species of invasive algae. Below are their bios and details about their…
Mālama Maunalua regularly works with young scientists as part of the Student Research component of our work. High school and college students are encouraged to submit proposals to collaborate on environmental research in Maunalua Bay; for more information, click here…
As part of Mālama Maunalua's effort to restore Maunalua Bay’s habitat and associated fisheries, a primary goal is to reduce the critical threat of invasive alien algae (IAA) in the nearshore reef flat of the bay. For the past six…
Closing June 24: Holo Moana: Generations of Voyaging Bishop Museum This interactive exhibit celebrates the story of how a centuries-old ancestral practice has been re-awakened, re-activated, and re-envisioned by Hawaiian and Oceanic voyagers over the past five decades. Interactive elements…
Mālama Maunalua welcomes this year's summer cohort of summer interns who will be working a variety of projects including transplanting urchins to remove or prevent a species of invasive algae. Below are their bios and details about their work this…
On Friday, April 13, record-breaking rainfall produced severe localized flooding from Aina Haina to Hawai’i Kai along the leeward slopes of O’ahu, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the Maunalua Bay region, NOAA monitors rainfall only…
Mahalo nui loa to our partners Huli, Livable Hawaii Kai Hui, Maunalua Communities Foundation, Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center and Maunalua.net for our successful collaboration on the first annual Maunalua Heritage Festival! Mālama Maunalua joined other top east O'ahu conservation nonprofits to launch…
We would like to bid A Hui Hou to one of Mālama Maunalua’s family members: the RV Chiquita. The RV Chiquita joined Malama Maunalua’s team four years ago. Following in the naming lineage of such vessels as famed researcher Steve Zissou’s…
A new study indicates that reducing invasive algae in Maunalua Bay may help in the recovery of nearshore corals being fed by moderate amounts of submarine groundwater discharge. Katie Lubarsky and Megan Donahue of the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology…