Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
Students Participate in Kanu Koa Day On Tuesday, February 3rd, Laura Jim escorted three HPA students – Murphy Makely, Charlotte Kassis and Pemma Norbu- to Kona Village and Kahuwai Bay. The group was gifted the opportunity to volunteer with The Nature Conservancy’s Kanu Koa Project. The project aims to accelerate the growth of reefs …
WAIKOLOA HILTON FIELD RESEARCH DAY Tuesday, 1/30/2024 Laura Jim, Marc Rice and 7 HPA STRP students traveled to the Waikoloa Hilton on Tuesday (1/30/24) to capture, tag and conduct a health assessment on resident honu that spend time in the “lagoon” at the Hilton Hotel. We arrived at the hotel at 0730 and began transporting …
Vanuatu 2024- Satellite tagging project Migratory tracks and home range for vonu e rao, vatu mau & bule lapa https://youtu.be/gzi7o5F6Wj0https://youtu.be/7G6ZrcCUCHk Above is an animation of the tracks of four post-nesting hawksbill turtles tagged on Moso Island in 2023 and 2024. Makala, (2023) lives on the Great Barrier R eef. Vatu Mau’s home range is just …
Hatchling pit tagged at sea life park in 2013 recovered During our recent tagging trip to 22 PBR we recovered a very special honu. A juvenile honu with PIT tag number 4C3C602017 was captured at 1100 hours on 11/7/2023 at 22 Puako Beach Road. When we read the tag we noted that there was only …
HONU HEALTH ASSESSMENT AT 22 PBR (11/7/2023) Exciting news: hatchling pit tagged 10 years ago was recovered Six HPA STRP students, Laura Jim and Marc Rice traveled to 22 Puako Beach Road, Puako, Hawaii to capture, tag and perform a health assessment on honu in the shallow reef area. This is a site we have …
STRP participates in international coastal cleanup day Ms. Jim and 6 students from the STRP program joined in support of International Coastal Cleanup Day at Spencer State Park on Sunday. They assisted in the cleanup, weighing and classifying the trash and running games for the public. Below are a few picture from the day’s activities. …
HONU HEALTH ASSESSMENT At Mauna Lani Bay (10/24/23) 10 HPA STRP students, Laura Jim and Marc Rice joined Pi’i, Nahoku and Ethan at the Mauna Lani Auberge Resort to capture, tag and health assess honu in the waters fronting the resort properties. We were able to capture 11 honu and all of them appeared to …
WEEKEND BOAT DIVE WITH KOHALA DIVERS On Sunday, 10/22/2023, SCUBA instructor Laura Jim took 10 HPA SCUBA club students on a two tank boat dive with Kohala Divers out of Kawaihae. The weather was good and everyone had two great dives. Below are a couple of group pictures and some macro-images that we shot by …
Fishing line recycling is working!! During our latest visit to 7 of our fishing line recycling tubes we were pleased to see that several of them were filled. They are an important service to the community and the environment. So far, the recycling program, led by Laura Jim, has collected over 4 miles of line… …
3RD ANNUAL SEA TURTLE WORKSHOP (OCTOBER 6, 2023) Laura Jim, Marc Rice and Maile Mons traveled to Hawaii Pacific University (Honolulu) to attend the 3rd Annual Sea Turtle Workshop. Laura Presented a talk (Stranding Response Program: An Opportunity for Education, Community Building and Engagement). Below are some photos of Laura’s presentation and the conference. Laura, …