I remember getting scoldings from kupuna when a picture of a Hawaiian using throw net was used in a depiction of ancient fishing styles. She told me that throw net fishing was introduced to the islands by Japanese, and that Hawaiians hanai-ed the method into modern fishing methods. She challenged me to find any ancient description of throw net fishing, and to date I have not been able to find such. Certainly someone here can provide the details on when the practice of throw net fishing was introduced into the islands. I did find this description (see
this link)
Mahalo for your replies!
'Ohu