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This Concurrent Resolution urges the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services, along with partners like the University of Hawaii and the Pacific American Foundation, to use the property at 45-230 Kulauli Street in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for aquaculture. Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms like fish and shellfish, and the resolution highlights its potential for economic growth, food production, and self-sufficiency. The property in question is a sixteen-acre site that formerly housed the Kaneohe Wastewater Pretreatment Facility, which has since been decommissioned and is now underutilized, though some structures remain. The resolution emphasizes that this aquaculture use should not disrupt the Department of Environmental Services' ongoing operations on the property, and it seeks to transform a former environmentally sensitive site into a productive one, adjacent to the historic Waikalua Loko Fishpond.