The Hawaiʻi program of Conservation International, the leading global organization that focuses on the links between development and the environment to benefit human well being, received a $100,000 grant to start a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) business, Local Iʻa. The grant was among a dozen issued by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Fisheries Innovation Fund. Local I‘a will be the first community supported fishery business in Hawai‘i, providing fresh, local and sustainably sourced seafood through a membership based business. As a social impact enterprise, its mission is to increase access to, and consumption of, locally sourced seafood while improving profitability for producers and sustainability in our local fisheries.
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