Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
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 …
On Wednesday 1/26/2022, four HPA students from the Middle School’s Turtles and More Club along with 4 HPA Upper School students 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 …
On Saturday, 1/22/2022, a Hui KihloloAloha ranger called and reported a turtle that was stranded high up on the pahoehoe lava some 20 meters from the water’s edge. To see more about this situation please go to Kiholo turtle stranded
Have you seen a sea turtle with a number on its shell? Assessing green sea turtle populations helps researchers evaluate the effectiveness of conservation and recovery measures, and can help guide actions to enhance recovery. NOAA Fisheries needs your help to spot honu with the temporary alpha-numeric marks (like “HA95” or “OA48”) on their shells. …
STRANDED TURTLE HAS LONG HISTORY WITH SEA TURTLE RESEARCH PROGRAM (click for more info)
MAUNA LANI AUBERGE HOTEL- TURTLE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT TRIP #4 On Tuesday, 11/30/2021, the HPA Middle School’s Turtles and More Club traveled with Laura Jim and Marc Rice to measure, weight and tag 4 green turtles during their monthly health assessment. These turtles are captive reared turtles from the Oceanarium “Sea Life Park” on …
MAUNA LANI AUBERGE HOTEL- TURTLE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT TRIP #3 On Wednesday , 10/27/2021, students from the HPA Sea Turtle Research Program traveled with Laura Jim and Marc Rice to measure, weight and tag 4 green turtles during their monthly health assessment. These turtles are captive reared turtles from the Oceanarium “Sea Life Park” on …
Capstone Project dive On Sunday, 10/17/2021 at 1300 hours, Eli and Phoebe joined Laura Jim and Marc Rice on a dive to 56 PBR. The purpose of the dive was to iron out methodology for the capstone projects that each student is doing. Eli is working on citizen science and facial recognition of sea turtles …
Monk Seals interacting with honu Kukio Golf and Beach Club personnel reported 5 severly injured/dead turtles between March 19, 2021 and March 23, 2021. All 5 of the turtles exhibited similar injuries: damage to the upper eyelids, scales missing or injured on the trailing edges of the front flippers and very low energy level. All …
Laura Jim, Director of the HPA SCUBA program, took 6 middle school students on a recreational dive to Puako on Saturday, October 2, 2021. The weather was great but the water was a little murky. Still, everyone had a very nice dive and we got to see one whitetip reef shark sleeping in a case. …