Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
Hands across the Pacific! Because our experimental deployments occur in international waters, the stakeholders most relevant to this project include the citizens of Japan, where these loggerheads nest and will be reared, as well as the citizens of Baja California, Mexico and Southern California, USA, where tens of thousands of these turtles aggregate to feed. …
This shows adelita’s amazing track from Baja California to Japan in 1997. Orthographic projection, courtesy of Wallace J. Nichols, showing Adelita’s complete track: Scientific Until recently, scientists had no clear understanding of the mechanisms by which Japanese loggerheads migrate across the entire North Pacific Ocean to Baja California. The TCH (Briscoe et al. 2021) proposes …
Unraveling the mysteries of North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle migrations The migratory tracks of 231 juvenile and sub-adult loggerhead turtles tracked by satellite tags from 1997 to 2013. For the STRETCH project the turtles of interest are the ones on the right hand side of the image that moved toward or to Baja California. Larry …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyeuwA52yk&t=102s On Wednesday, 11/30/2022, Laura Jim, Monica Hattoon-Green and 7 HPA students joined the Malama Honu team to do the monthly weigh-in of the two captive turtles being raised at Mauna Lani Auberge Resort. Above is a short video of the days activities.
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Larry Crowder George Balazs Dana Briscoe Jeffery Polovina Jeffery Seminoff Contributing members Masanori Kurita Tomomi Saito Marc Rice Masanori Mori Denise Parker Cali Turner Alberto Abreu Bianca Santos
HPA Middle School- Service club outing The HPA Middle School Service Club visited the Mauna Lani Auberge Resort’s Malama Honu Program to help weigh and measure the two Honu they are raising for release next July 4th during Turtle Independence Day. The students learned about the MLAR honu program from Director Pi’i Laeha and about …
SCUBA CLUB DIVES- 9/18, 9/11, 9/3 & 9/2 The Upper and Middles School SCUBA Clubs both made dives during the past few weekend. Laura Jim took students from the Upper School on Saturday and from the Middle School on Sunday. The weather was great, the ocean calm and there were lots of turtles, white tip …
Marine Studies & Advocacy Field Trip On Wednesday (8/24/22) Laura Jim took her Capstone class to visit the Mauna Lani Honu Program and help to measure the new, 1.5 year old captive reared honu that are currently in the MLAR’s honu pond. The purpose of the trip is to expose the members of the class …
Sea turtle rescue- olive ridley turtle freed from ghost net A former HPA student (Class of ’03) was fishing offshore in Hawaii and came across a derelict net that had totally entrapped an Olive Ridley turtle. Through their caring actions they were able to release the poor turtle from the net and it swam away …
Opening Days at HPA – A New Year Begins HPA welcomed its new and returning students during orientation sessions and two Kamakani Showcase events. During the showcase events, various departments displayed their programs and answered questions from students and parents. At the Marine Studies, Sea Turtle Research and Scuba Programs table, Laura Jim and Marc …