| Menehune Fishpond | |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Alekoko Fishpond |
| Location: | On the Hulēʻia River south of Līhuʻe (viewable from lookout on south side of Puhi Road) |
| Coordinates: | 21.9525°N -159.3753°W |
| Nearest City: | Līhuʻe, Hawaiʻi |
| Architecture: | Hawaiian fishpond |
| Added: | March 14, 1973 |
| Refnum: | 73000677[1] |
The ʻAlekoko Fishpond, known locally as the Menehune Fishpond,[2] near Līhuʻe, Hawaiʻi, on the island of Kauaʻi, is a historic Hawaiian fishpond. Also known as Alakoko Fishpond, it has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1973.
The pond is bounded by a 900adj=midNaNadj=mid at a large bend in Hulēʻia River.[3] [4] It has been deemed "the most significant fishpond on Kauaʻi, both in Hawaiian legends and folklore and in the eyes [of] Kauaʻi's people today". As the largest fishpond on Kauaʻi, it is estimated to have been constructed in the 15th century, and may be the first brackish-water fishpond in the Hawaiian Islands. Its construction is traditionally attributed to the Menehune, a mythical people said to have inhabited Hawaiʻi before the arrival of the Hawaiians.
It was first listed on the U.S. National Register in 1973; the listing included one contributing site and one contributing structure.[1] In 2021 it was purchased by The Trust for Public Land and conveyed to Mālama Hulēʻia, which has been restoring the land since 2018.[5] Restoration projects have included removing of invasive mangrove and rebuilding a rock wall.[6]