#Marine Pollution bulletin
HPU partners on study revealing dominant stranding threat to Hawaiian green sea turtles
New research from Hawai‘i Pacific University shows that entanglement in monofilament fishing gear is now the primary cause of injury for stranded Hawaiian green sea turtles.
“Butts off the Beach” Study Finds Cigarette Debris Remains Problematic Despite Laws
“We found that policy alone was not effective at eliminating cigarette filter waste from Maui’s beaches, with filters being found on beaches well beyond the 2014 policy implementation,” according to Jens Currie, lead author of the paper.