This pilot study was conducted by IAI to examine consumption-oriented fishing and shoreline food gathering activities and associated social context in the Main Hawaiian Islands. The project involved development and testing of a methodology for generating detailed assessment of local fishing and shoreline food gathering activities as these occur in Hanalei Bay and in relation to the community of Hanalei on the Island of Kauaʻi. The methodological approach and project findings have the potential to facilitate useful comparative analysis of fishing and shoreline food gathering activities undertaken in other communities around the islands, with implications for prospective future natural resource management decisions across the State of Hawaiʻi.