Mary Allen
He iʻa pili loa ka iʻa me ka salmon. Noho ka iʻa i nā kino wai like ʻole ma ka honua. Ma ʻEulopa, aia wale nō ka iʻa ʻAkelanika ma ke ʻano. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou i ʻekolu subspecies: iʻa kai, iʻa loko a me nā iʻa brown.
Hiki i ka iʻa kai ke ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi mika ka lōʻihi a hiki i ka 20 kilokani ke kaumaha. ʻO ko lākou kua he ʻōmaʻomaʻo hina, ʻeleʻele nā ʻaoʻao, a keʻokeʻo ka ʻōpū. Hele lākou i nā kahawai e hoʻohua i kā lākou mau hua a hoʻi i kai. Ma nā kahawai he nui naʻe, ua pau lākou no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hele ma mua o nā mea kanu mana kahawai.
Noho mau ka iʻa ʻeleʻele a me ka iʻa loko i ka wai maʻemaʻe. ʻOkoʻa ke kala o ka trout ʻeleʻele. Hoʻololi ia i ka lalo o ka wai. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia e kona ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele, a me nā kiko ʻulaʻula hoʻi, hiki ke hoʻopuni ʻia i kahi kala māmā. He kala kala a he ʻeleʻele ka nui o ka iʻa loko, ʻeleʻele a ʻulaʻula paha i kekahi manawa.
Hoʻopili nā iʻa ʻē aʻe i kā lākou mau hua i nā mea kanu i loko o ka wai. ʻO ka iʻa, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e ʻeli i nā ʻauwaha ma lalo o ka wai me ko lākou kino haʻahaʻa a me ko lākou huelo. Hoʻomoe ka wahine ma kahi o 1000 a 1500 mau hua ma laila a hoʻomomona ka iʻa kāne iā lākou ma laila.
ʻAi ka iʻa i nā holoholona liʻiliʻi i loaʻa i ka wai. ʻO kēia, no ka laʻana, nā inike, nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, nā pāpaʻi, nā tadpoles, a me nā snails. ʻImi nui ka iʻa i ka pō a hahai i kā lākou meaʻai ma ko lākou neʻe ʻana i ka wai. ʻO nā ʻano iʻa a pau i kaulana i ka poʻe lawaiʻa.
ʻO kahi mea kūikawā me mākou ka iʻa anuenue. Kapa ʻia lākou he "salmon trout". Ua noho mua ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Mai ke kenekulia 19, ua hānai ʻia ma ʻEnelani. Lawe ʻia ʻo ia i Kelemānia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka nahelehele ma laila. I kēia lā ua ʻimi hou lākou a hoʻāʻo e hoʻopau iā lākou ma nā muliwai a me nā loko. ʻOi aku ka nui a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka iʻa anuenue ma mua o ka iʻa maoli a hoʻoweliweli iā lākou.