#Sea Turtles

The US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries have responded to a legal agreement with environmental groups by proposing to designate approximately 2,233 acres of nesting and basking beaches in the main Hawaiian Islands, with additional areas in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, American Sāmoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill 21 amends Maui County’s lighting ordinance to increase protections for Hawai‘i’s threatened and endangered seabirds and sea turtles by requiring outdoor light fixtures to limit blue light. It will be phased in over three years.

Maui resident Renee Capozzola’s “Shark’s Skylight” photo taken in French Polynesia won the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition that drew 4,500 submissions from 68 countries.

Maui Ocean Center released five young honu (green sea turtles) into the ocean this morning, August 25 at 10:30a.m., from the shores lining the Ka‘anapali Beach Hotel in Lahaina.

Enforcement officers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), will be at several locations on Maui this weekend helping to educate ocean users about humpback whales, monk seals, sea turtles, and other marine protected species. DOCARE officers along with staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]