Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
ON September 18, 2021 HPA SCUBA instructor Laura Jim and MS Librarian/Diver took 6 students on a recreational dive to Puakom Hawaii. During the dive they observed a white tip shark and numerous green turtles (honu) at the turtle cleaning station. The profile of the dive was to ????feet for ?????minutes. Here are some …
MAUNA LANI AUBERGE RESORT On Wednesday, August 24th, Laura Jim took her Capstone students to help Pi’I Laeha and Ethan Sousa to measure, weight and tag 6 captive green turtles during their monthly assessment. These turtles are captive reared turtles from the Oceanarium “sea life park” on Oahu. 4-6 month old turtles are sent to …
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Juveniule hawksbill turtle swallowed an Ulua Hook– see our blog report on this stranding and rescue.
On several occasions, scuba divers have reported a particularly obese turtle seen in the waters off of Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The cause of this issue is unknown but something similar has been found in necropsied turtles in the past. It is possible that this turtle is suffering from a condition called Steatitis …
The thirty-second Turtle Independence Day took place on July 4, 2021 HPA students Catherine H. (’25), Nikki M. (’25) and a summer school student Zach L. assisted with the annual Fourth of July tradition alongside HPA Sea Turtle Research Program co-directors Laura Jim ’91 and Marc Rice. On July 3rd the HPA team gathered in …
Please come and join our HPA Sea Turtle Research Team students for World Ocean and Reef Day. There will be displays about sea turtle biology, life cycle, continuing threats and more. There will also be some children’s activities for the Keikis. Kawaihae Surf Park The student team with Ms. Jim. Talking story! Explaining about our …
During the months of May and June, 2021, the Therlma Parker Memorial Library is hosting our display on sea turtles of Hawaii. Please stop by and take a look if you are in the area.
strp field work leads to important papers Recent journal papers have been published using data that was obtained through active participation and support of our students participating in the HPA STRP. Our work over the years in Japan putting out over 230 satellite tags on captive reared loggerhead turtles and deploying them in the Kuroshio …