2nd Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Research in the Hawaiian Island and Oceania
Speakers List
ARRIVAL: 800-830am- Arrival at HPU Aloha Tower Marketplace Campus, Sign-In, and Seating.
OPENING: 830-845am- Opening Welcome by Workshop Organizers, Dedication of Workshop to the Memory of Shandell Brunson Hawaiian Blessing Ceremony Pule and Oli by Kahu Hanai Danny Akaka Jr. accompanied by Anna Akaka.
PRESENTATIONS:
#1- 845-900am “Malama Honu..Malama Honua: As we care for our turtles, we care for the world”- Pi’i Laeha & Danny Akaka Jr., Mauna Lani Auberge Resort.
#2- 900-915am “Four decades of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) breeding and public outreach at Sea Life Park Hawaii”- Bethany Doescher & Michelle Benedict, Sea Life Park Hawaii.
#3- 915-930am “NOAA Fishery Service Pacific Islands Regional overview”- Irene Kelly, Pacific Islands Regional Office.
#4- 930-945am- “Quantifying harm to sea turtles from ingested plastics”- Katherine Shaw & Jennifer Lynch, NIST and Hawaii Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research.
#5- 945-1000am- “Interactions of marine turtles with fisheries on the Island of Maui”- Thomas Cutt, MOC Marine Institute.
Morning Break- 1000-1015am
#6- 1015-1030am- “Destination revealed: Post nesting migrations of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Moso Island, Republic of Vanuatu”- Marc R. Rice, Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
#7- Recorded & Virtual Hybrid- 1030-1045am- “An Introduction to The Statewide Photo-ID Catalog for Hawaiian Hawksbill Sea Turtles (1998-present)”- Cheryl King, Hawaiian Hawksbill Conservation.
#8- 1045-1100am “Native Hawaiian cultural and traditional practices of honu harvest: Opportunities and challenges to restoring a cultural right to a traditional food source”- Godfrey Akaka, Native Hawaiian Gathering Rights Association & Joshua DeMello, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
#9- 1100-1115am- “What’s on the menu? Unexpected forage plants in green turtle diets on Hawai’i Island”- Karla McDermid & Kara Smith, Marine Science Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
#10- 1115-1130am- “Hawaiian cultural relationships with limu and honu”- Wally Ito, Ewa Limu Project.
Lunch, Group Photo & Viewing of Poster Papers with Student Authors- 1130am-1230pm
#11- 1230-1245pm- “Growth rates of green turtles in West Hawaii based on 30 years of tag and recapture studies”- Laura M.R. Jim, Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
#12- 1245-100pm- “Honu’ea and Ka’u Coast”- Kelleigh Downs, HVNP Hawai’i Island Hawksbill Project.
#13- 100-115pm- “Status and trends of honu, or green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument”- Marylou Staman, NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program.
*#14 Virtual Live from Mexico- 115-130pm- “People and sea turtles in Baja California: cultural practices and connections across the Pacific”- Michelle Maria Early Capistran, CICESE.
*#15 Virtual Live from Fiji- 130-145pm- “Hawksbill turtles in Fiji: Research and findings”- Shritika Prakash, The University of the South Pacific.
*#16 Virtual Live from Apia, Samoa- 145-200pm- “Turtle research and monitoring: TREDS (Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System)”- Unity Roebeck, SPREP.
*#17 Virtual Live from California- 200-215pm- “Small turtle, Big ocean: Dynamic thermal corridor connects loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) across the North Pacific”- Larry Crowder & Team, Stanford University.
Afternoon Break- 215-230pm
#18- 230-245pm- “New insights into the nesting trends, threats, and social behaviors of Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtles”- Alexander Gaos, NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program.
#19- 245-300pm- “Using stable isotopes and satellite tracking on post-nesting green turtles in Guam to identify foraging hotspots in the Western Pacific”- Josefa Munoz, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
#20- 300-315pm- “Spatial ecology of foraging green and hawksbill turtles in the Marianas from >100 satellite tags”- Summer Martin, NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program.
315-400pm- Group Discussion/Questions & Answers
400pm Closing Remarks– Farewell Until We Meet Again in 2023!
TITLES OF POSTER PAPERS TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE WORKSHOP:
“Habitat use assessment of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Puakō, Hawai’i”- Student Alden Mazo, Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
“Establishing a facial recognition database using I3S (Interactive Individual Identification System) application”- Student Eli Monello, Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
Workshop Organizing Committee:
Brenda Jensen, Hawai`i Pacific University
Summer Martin, NOAA PIFSC
Thierry Work, USGS NWHC
George Balazs, www.GeorgeHBalazs.com
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