Ke noiʻi nei ka Laguna San Ignacio Science Program (LSIESP) i ke kūlana kaiaola o ke kaiapuni a me kona mau waiwai kai ola, a hāʻawi i ka ʻike pili i ka ʻepekema e pili ana i nā nīnau hoʻokele waiwai a me nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka huakaʻi kaiaola a me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke kaiaola kai. he wahi noho ola no na holoholona hihiu. Mālama ka papahana i nā koholā hina e kipa ana i ke kai i kēlā me kēia hoʻoilo, ke kai, a me kona holoholona hihiu ma ke ʻano he ʻōnaehana pili pili. Paipai ʻo LSIESP i ka ʻike pilikanaka, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke komo ʻana o ke kaiāulu i ka mālama ʻana i kēia wahi i mālama ʻia i ka moana, e hoʻoikaika i nā hana kanaka a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kūlike me nā mea kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina, a e ʻike i nā pono o ke kaiāulu kūloko.
Hāʻawi ka papahana i nā haumāna puka i nā manawa e komo ai i ka noiʻi kahua holoholona hihiu a e aʻo i nā mākau e lawelawe ai iā lākou i kā lākou ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema mālama holoholona hihiu. E like me ke kūpono, hoʻokumu ka papahana i nā pilina a me nā hui pū ʻana me nā hui mālama mālama a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe e noiʻi ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka wahi mālama kai ʻo Laguna San Ignacio. Hāʻawi ka poʻe noiʻi LSIESP i nā hōʻikeʻike lumi papa ma nā kula kūloko a me nā haʻawina aʻo "lima lima" i alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea noiʻi LSIESP e pili ana i nā holoholona hihiu o ke kai a me kona koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai kahakai no ke ola kai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko. Hoʻoikaika kēia papahana hoʻonaʻauao i ka ʻike o nā haumāna i ka pono e mālama iā Laguna San Ignacio a me kāna mau waiwai kai ola no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Hāʻawi ka poʻe noiʻi o LSIESP i nā papa hana kaiaulu makahiki ("Reunions") no ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻike ʻepekema a hāʻawi i kahi hui lehulehu no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ke kai a me nā hana kanaka e pili ana iā ia. Aia i loko o ka papa hana nā loea kumuhana, nā ʻelele o nā keʻena hoʻoponopono aupuni, nā mea hoʻokele kaiapuni, nā kamaʻāina kūloko, nā hui kaiapuni ʻole o ke aupuni, nā haumāna a me nā kumu aʻo mai nā kula kūloko, a me ka lehulehu hoihoi. Hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻike o ka papahana ma o ka Pūnaewele Pūnaewele (www.lsiecosystem.org), ma nā ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia e nā hoa, ma ka media kūloko, ma nā hālāwai ʻepekema ʻoihana, a ma nā puke kūloko.