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"Give me half an hour," Teroro pleaded, and he took six of his best fishermen, and they waded onto the reef and cast their lines and Teroro prayed, "Ta'aroa, god of the sea and of the fish that live therein, send us ulua to save men's lives."

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

After some thinking Ku-ula remembered his giving the ulua to the King's retainer and felt that he was the party to blame for this action of the King's people.

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

All the stations of this place are in the deep sea, where they use nets of three kinds; there is also fishing with poles, and ulua fishing, because this part of the island faces the wind; but the ku-ulas are located on the seashore, as is also the one at Honuaula, where it is covered over by the lava flow.

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

But in the monument, crowds of ulua follow monk seals and steal whatever food the seals find.

The Seattle Times 2011

Walters hopes the translocation program would allow the species to hold on until the shark and ulua populations in the northwest naturally come down.

The Seattle Times 2011

But the likely reason is that the shark and ulua populations grew artificially large during the 20th century by feeding on scraps from now-closed military outposts and bycatch tossed off the back of lobster boats that once fished in the area.

The Seattle Times 2011

Mature seals dodge the stalking ulua by diving deep.

The Seattle Times 2011

Scientists who study the seals blame the disparity on the large numbers of sharks and ulua fish, or jack, that compete with the monk seals for food in the northwest.

The Seattle Times 2011

The area is off-limits to fishing, allowing for healthy and abundant populations of sharks, ulua or jackfish, and other marine life.

ajc.com - News 2010

Beautiful moi fish farms and giant trevally (ulua) in Hawaii

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