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It’s Oama Season Again

Like an alarm clock poised to go off, each summer Hawai‘i’s beaches and shorelines brace themselves for the annual “run” of the baby weke, or, as they are affectionately known in Hawai‘i, ‘oama. Measuring a mere a 4 to 5 inches long, these fingerling weke invade the inner shoreline by the hundreds, each of them of them hoping to uncover little morsels to

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