(Note: This is the first of 2 posts about the NW Hawaiian Islands research cruise. If they are posted in the wrong order, please read this one first.) After narrowly missing Hurricane Irene in the Bahamas, I managed to make it in time to Hawaii to push off on a research cruise with the National […]
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Apex Predator tagging in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands!
Day two at Pearl and Hermes Atoll marked the northernmost point of this expedition and was the first opportunity to catch and tag some of Papahanaumokuakea Monument’s charismatic reef predators. The day was a mix of bottom-set long-line deployments, deep hand lining, and surface trolling with the aim of tagging Ulua (Giant Trevally) and Galapagos […]
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Exploring Little Inagua!!
While in the Bahamas with the Living Oceans Foundation I had the opportunity to go ashore on Little Inagua and explore! The Inaguas are littered with sinkholes due to their karst topography and because of their remoteness they have barely been explored. One night while at Little Inagua, researcher Bernard Riegel found one of these […]
Living Oceans Foundation: Cruising the Inaguas and Hogsty Reef
Aloha everyone, sorry for the long absence! Since my last post I have been on some awesome adventures! After leaving Jill Heinerth at the end of July I had about a 12 hour turnaround before heading to Nassau to join the crew and researchers of the Living Oceans Foundation aboard the R/V Golden Shadow for […]