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.
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…
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…