{"id":500521,"date":"2026-03-03T04:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T04:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:25:16","slug":"hawaiis-eat-the-invaders-event-tackles-invasive-fish-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500521\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii\u2019s \u2018Eat the Invaders\u2019 event tackles invasive fish species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KULIOUOU, Hawaii (KHON2) \u2014 A three-day tournament meant to reduce invasive fish and promote sustainable seafood wrapped up on Sunday, Mar. 1, at Kuliouou Beach Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u2018Eat the Invaders\u2019 fishing tournament was held over the weekend of Feb. 27 to Mar. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three types of invasive species were targeted, known to be the Ta\u2019ape, To\u2019au and Roi species.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.khon2.com\/local-news\/eat-invaders-fishing-tournament\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Eat The Invaders\u2019 fishing tournament to end with community event this Sunday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> \u2018Eat The Invaders\u2019 fishing tournament to end with community event this Sunday <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Today, the community event was held featuring a fish fry prepared by local chefs, along with keiki activities, fish cleaning demonstrations and informational booths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere\u2019s so much invasives out there, this is just a way to start making a dent in that right. As a fisherman, we see them all on the reefs and when we\u2019re pulling them out there, they\u2019re eating small shrimps, small crabs and even small little fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kawai Hong Malama Maunalua Fisheries Management area coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nearly 200 people signed up for the fishing tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khon2.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KHON2.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KHON2. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KULIOUOU, Hawaii (KHON2) \u2014 A three-day tournament meant to reduce invasive fish and promote sustainable seafood wrapped up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[228275,228273,228274,4167,228276,79,201],"class_list":["post-500521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-fish-fry","tag-fishing-tournament","tag-invasive-fish","tag-invasive-species","tag-kuliouou-beach-park","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}