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Hawaiʻi Ocean Awareness and Action Day planned at the state Capitol
A Hawaiʻi Ocean Awareness and Action Day takes place this Friday, March 15 at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol. The second annual event features participation from 25 nonprofit organizations and government agencies, focused on ocean related issues.
UH faculty, alumni support public education campaign to protect herbivore fishes, coral reefs
Fish Pono- Save our Reefs, a local public education campaign, aims to raise awareness on replenishing herbivore fish populations for healthy coral reefs.
Hikianalia Crew Discover Partial Shipwreck in Lalo
Although not yet verified, circumstantial evidence indicates that what they found is possibly part of an 1800’s whaling ship located near the area where the Two Brothers ship from Nantucket was identified in 2010 by NOAA maritime archaeologists.
Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia Crew Survey Lalo’s Coral Reef
The crew found that much of the large table corals are no longer there due to the destruction caused by Hurricane Walaka. At the same time, they discovered many small, fast-growing coral polyps that build the big table corals.
Polynesian Voyaging Society Launches Training Voyage To Papahānaumokuākea, Young Navigators To Be Tested
Themed “Navigating the Kupuna Islands,” the voyage will bring the canoes to Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lalo (French Frigate Shoals) and will focus on the voyaging, cultural and ecological significance of these places.
