Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
https://youtu.be/zzLrMuegY-g On Sepetember 9, 2021, Laura Jim and Marc Rice joined Sandy and Nikki for a two tank boat dive out of Honokohau Harbor. Our first dive was off of Makalawena. The visibility was good but a bit murky. the habitat is made up of large basalt spurs interspersed with sand groves. Interesting but surprisingly lacking …
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 …