Fish Ponds!!!

Fish Ponds!

Loko Umeki

The loko Umeki was a fresh water fish pond, and could be used by only women, the women decided what happens to the fish, who eats it, where it goes, they have control over everything in the pond.The pond was basically a dug out hole in the ground, with two canals, one leading to the ocean, and one leading to freshwater.

There was a diverse group of fish in the pond, here are a few:

Limu (algae)

vegetative reproduction

Provides food for certain fish, and the people. Provides material used for building fishpond walls.

O’opu(Stream Goby)

Lays eggs

The O’opu is a herbivore, and eats the limu.Belived to be a reincarnate of pele.

Awa(Milk fish)

eats invertabrates, and algae.

Opae(spineless shrimp)

Eats plant and fish matter

carry eggs under their tail.

Tahition Prawn

They eat almost anything, but mostly algae and plant matter, as well as fish.

Here is a food web of these species, and their trophic levels.

My Partner and I posing with our project