Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
RESULTS FOR 2025 Laura Jim writes: The West Hawaiʻi Fishing Line and Cigarette Butt Program—run by Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy’s Marine Studies Program, Keep Puako Beautiful and Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail—launched in April 2022 with just two recycling bins. Today, the program maintains 13 fishing line recycling bins across West Hawaiʻi, including 11 in South …
Hawaii’s migratory wildlife The local library in Waimea held a public awareness event highlighting the migratory animals that occasionally or periodically visit the Hawaiian Islands or surrounding waters of the central north Pacific Ocean. Robyn Scarth, Tani Cordova, Rella Yoshida and Marc Rice represented HPA’s Sea Turtle Research Program at the event highlighting the current …
HPA STRP GHANA, AFRICA RESEARCH PROJECT Goal of HPA Sea Turtle Research Program’s Ghana Research Trip October 23, 2025 Visit the Blog to Follow the Olive Ridley Turtles Soyo and Korkor The program seeks to initiate a satellite telemetry project in Ghana to investigate the post-nesting migrations of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). This …
5th Annual Sea Turtle Workshop Hawaii Pacific University Laura Jim and Marc Rice traveled to Honolulu this week to join the rest of the STRETCH Team for a one day “next-steps” meeting and one day of presentation on STRETCH topics at the 5th annual Sea Turtle Workshop hosted by Hawaii Pacific University (Friday, Oct. 10, …
https://youtu.be/h4tY9thLMuc The VIDEO ABOVE WAS PRODUCED BY Sylvia- Laura Jim, Robyn Scarth and Marc Rice were joined by 12 HPA STRP student research volunteers to conduct in water capture work, data gathering, tagging and recording during a honu health assessment at 92 Puako Beach Road. During the day we were able to capture and …
KUKIO/HUALALAI HONU HEALTH ASSESSMENT AUGUST 28,2025 Laura Jim, Robyn Scarth and Marc Rice were joined by 6 American Samoan wildlife biologests and an enforcement officer who were interested in learning how the HPA STRP team conducts in water capture work, data gathering, tagging and recording during a honu health assessment. Seven HPA student researchers assisted …
Mauna lani honu health assessment August 27/2025 Laura Jim, Robyn Scarth and Marc Rice were joined by 6 American Samoan wildlife biologests and an enforcement officer who were interested in learning how the HPA STRP team conducts in water capture work, data gathering, tagging and recording during a honu health assessment. During the day, HPA …
Greetings To All, Near & Far– We are Proud and Pleased to announce that Registration is Now Open for the 5th Annual HPU Sea Turtle Workshop to be convened on Friday October 10th at HPU’s Aloha Tower Marketplace Campus in downtown Honolulu. Here is the Registration Link- https://forms.gle/cMXPV8TMZTp1qK6A8Registration, as in past years, is fast, free and easy. Please note …
Turtle Independence Day, 2025 Independence Day has arrived and it is time to celebrate by joining Malama Honua, Malama Honu and release their Honu back into the Pacific Ocean.This year, they have four 2 year old honu that were hatched and raised at Sea Life Park on Oahu. On July 3rd, Marc Rice, Laura Jim …
STRETCH COHORT III SAT TAGGED Cohort III juvenile loggerheads have been raised at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (PNPA) and are now large enough to carry their assigned satellite tags. The STRETCH attachment team gathered at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium on June 20 to get all of the equipment ready and plan …