03-09-2015, 04:51 AM
Many do not realize that the impact of Iselle is still influencing the Kapoho area. There is no way you can have tens of tons of organic debris pushed into the ponds by storm surge, and have no impact to the adjacent reef.
most fishermen also know that times of high rain (as we have had this March) impact water quality,esp if it is following the period of drought we had from Jan-Feb & even more downed trees in Jan.
Right now there is a huge organic debris potential & enough rain to cause run off... some of it is man-made, but nature is also in this run-off...
As to the prawn, M. lar, it is a freshwater inhabitant & as such, has a fairly limited range on Hawaii Island (as we have very few perennial FW streams with the 'proper' ocean - river profile), but you can find them, with the normal caveats about the streams here (as mentioned, the river borne diseases & the fact that swimmers die in them, not realizing the holding capacity of the river "undertow".... Wailuku alone usually takes 1 -2 swimmers every year, they do not realize how powerful those "suck holes" & ledges can be!)
most fishermen also know that times of high rain (as we have had this March) impact water quality,esp if it is following the period of drought we had from Jan-Feb & even more downed trees in Jan.
Right now there is a huge organic debris potential & enough rain to cause run off... some of it is man-made, but nature is also in this run-off...
As to the prawn, M. lar, it is a freshwater inhabitant & as such, has a fairly limited range on Hawaii Island (as we have very few perennial FW streams with the 'proper' ocean - river profile), but you can find them, with the normal caveats about the streams here (as mentioned, the river borne diseases & the fact that swimmers die in them, not realizing the holding capacity of the river "undertow".... Wailuku alone usually takes 1 -2 swimmers every year, they do not realize how powerful those "suck holes" & ledges can be!)