HANDS ON MARINE EDUCATION
CORAL AND REEF FISH SURVEY 2/24/2022 AT KALOKO-HONOKOHAU HARBOR As the second semester draws to a close, Capstone Student Phoebe Wyatt needed to get one more coral and reef fish survey to “round out” her projects data collection objectives. During this time of year it is often very difficult to conduct in water research because …
Mauna Lani Auberge Resort -TURTLE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT TRIP #6 On Wednesday 2/23/2022, five HPA students from the Upper School traveled with Laura Jim and Marc Rice to measure, weight and tag 4 green turtles during their monthly health assessment at Mauna Lani Auberge Resort’s Malama Honu Program. . These turtles are captive reared turtles …
Kona Boat Dive – 2/5/2022 Laura Jim and 12 HPA students traveld to Honokohau Harbor, Kona to make a boat dive with Torpedo Tours . They made two dives in the afternoon. The first one was at a marine protected area where there was a high abundance of fish. The second dive was on a …
Mauna Lani Bay Tagging Trip January 27, 2022 The HPA STRP Directors Laura Jim and Marc Rice traveled with 10 HPA students to Mauna Lani Bay where we were hosted by Pi’i Laeha, Director of the Mauna Lani Auberge Resort’s (MLAR) Malama Honu Program. The purpose of the trip was to capture, tag, record morphometric …