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Lalakea (2005) |
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| Conservation was observed in fishing. Hawaiians worked different schools of fish in season. Deep sea fishing brought them in touch with many native sharks, including the tiger shark. Hawaiians believe that a spirit of the person could be transfigured by the spirit world to live again as sharks, when the shark had all the markings of that person's body. The human body would assume the form of the shark, without the spirit living permanently in the shark. Many sharks are aggressively hunted since 1920 as they pose a perceived danger to tourists, despite their inherent sacredness. |
