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PRIORITY #9: HONOIPU <br />(536 points out of possible 700) <br />Tax Map Key (3) 5-6-001:074 consisting of approx. 17.547 acres of the <br />Honoipu Upolu ahupua’a in the District of North Kohala, Hawai‘i. <br />Anticipated Use <br /> Continued access on Old Coast Guard Road to the shoreline parking lot and the Na Ala <br />Hele trail at Puakea/Pali Akamoa. Cultural practices and gathering <br /> Shoreline gathering, subsistence fishing, surfing, and recreation <br /> Protection of significant cultural, historic, and natural resources such as the recovery of <br />three endangered, endemic shrubs: Acharanthes, Ko'oloa'ula, and Ohai <br /> Hawaiian Monk seals have been sighted along the shoreline <br />Significance <br /> Honoipu may be translated as "gourd bay" because the shape of the bay and surrounding <br />cliffs resembles a gourd. The bay is a "hono" place, with calm seas, protected from the <br />strongApa'apa'a winds of Kohala. It is known for its traditional landing site for interisland <br />canoes traveling to and from Maui. Famous songs and chants recall this as the place where <br /> <br />