Heʻeia Fishpond

	Heʻeia Fishpond
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	A view of Heʻeia Fishpond on January 1, 2010, looking south-southeast from Heʻeia State Park.
Location	Heʻeia, Hawaii
Nearest city	Kāneʻohe, Hawaii
Coordinates	21°25′50.8″N 157°48′23.7″W
Area	88 acres (36 ha)
Architectural style	Walled coastal pond (loko iʻa kuapā)
Restored	Restoration began 1988
Restored by	Mary Brooks Paepae o Heʻeia
Website	paepaeoheeia.org
NRHP reference No.	73000671
Added to NRHP	January 17, 1973

Heʻeia Fishpond (Hawaiian: Loko Iʻa O Heʻeia) is an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located at Heʻeia on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. A walled coastal pond (loko iʻa kuapā), it is the only Hawaiian fishpond fully encircled by a wall (kuapā). Constructed sometime between the early 1200s and early 1400s, it was badly damaged by a 1965 flood and fell into disrepair. A protected area, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973. An effort begun in 1988 is underway to restore the fishpond as a fishery, cultural, scientific, and educational resource.

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