The Kai Ika Project is proud to announce Hope Worldwide-Pakistan has joined the directory of kaimoana recipients. Every Wednesday between 12pm-2pm kaimoana will be available from the Hope Worldwide distribution facility in West Auckland. About Hope Worldwide-PakistanHOPE is a faith-based Humanitarian Organization for Poverty Eradication, Incorporated under Charitable Trust Act 1957 and a Registered CharityContinue reading “Kai Ika Expands their Distribution Channels”
Author Archives: Dallas Abel
Orakei Ward Councillor – Desley Simpson Visits Kai Ika at OBC
So you’ve caught your fish, only want the fillets and don’t want the smelly fish heads and remains stinking out your rubbish bin when you get home? Welcome to the Kai Ika Project…..
Snapper Head Terrine
This recipe is for the days you get the elusive full bin!A full bin is a lot of fish, when you start looking at the full yield from one snapper you have a good week’s worth of food and recipes to get through. This recipe will use all your heads up in one go and keep for upContinue reading “Snapper Head Terrine”
WWPD? What would Papatūānuku do?
Viv sat down for a kōrero with Dallas Abel, the Project Coordinator for the Kai Ika project, to talk about their kaupapa and role in moving towards a sustainable future. When you see fish in the supermarket it may seem perfectly normal to look down and just see fillets. Looking down at these two littleContinue reading “WWPD? What would Papatūānuku do?”
Stuffed whole Snapper with sautéed veg
Recipe by: Joel Hodgson – Natures Kai
While fish can be grilled on BBQ’s, the oven works well too if you happen to strike a wet day but the festivities must go on. If you’re lucky enough to have an open fire, cooking over hot coals produces a taste sensation, especially if the fish has…….
Baked Fish Head
Recipe by: Matt Watson – ITM Fishing Show
Matt Watson is a long-time LegaSea, Kai Ika and Free Fish Head ambassador. He loves sharing his philosophies around maximum utilisation. Here’s how Matt likes to enjoy his fish heads:
“I’m a fish head eater, and so are my kids. We love that succulent meat hidden in the head, and it’s not hard to…..
Conservation Through Utilization with Dallas Abel of the Kai Ika Project
Aquademia: The Seafood and Sustainability Podcast In previous episodes, we’ve discussed various uses of discarded fish parts, from grinding into fish meal to utilizing it as fertilizer, but sometimes there’s a simpler solution: eat it! There’s a lot of food in those fish heads and frames, and some populations consider the heads a delicacy. TheContinue reading “Conservation Through Utilization with Dallas Abel of the Kai Ika Project”
Diverse values of surplus for a community economy of fish(eries)
Abstract: This paper develops a diverse economies account offish ‘waste’ that revalues it as ‘surplus’. We examine ‘Kai Ika’, a community marine conservation experiment in Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa New Zealand. Kai Ika rescues fish heads, frames and offal that were previously ‘going to waste’ and redistributesthem tofish eaters who would otherwise struggle to accessContinue reading “Diverse values of surplus for a community economy of fish(eries)”
Kai Ika Smoked Fish Pie
Recipe by: Janet Macindoe
Turning your fish heads, wings and frames into Smoked Fish Pie is a great way to make the treasure go a long way, thus allowing for sharing with family and friends. Whilst this takes quite a bit of work, the end result more than justifies the effort. It is good value, really nourishing and above all…..
ALL IS FISH that comes to the NET – ISLAND Magazine
For the people of the Pacific, seafood has always been a major part of our diets and seas are ingrained in our psyche.—-It’s why Kai Ika’s motto is He Kai te Rongoa he Rongoa te kai, ‘Food is medicine and medicine is food’, in part of their effort to try to re-educate people to re-examineContinue reading “ALL IS FISH that comes to the NET – ISLAND Magazine”