University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program

Did you know it is now #SeaTurtleWeek, and tomorrow is #WorldSeaTurtleDay? To celebrate, our friends at NOAA Fisheries Service and NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands have put together fun and educational videos, sea turtle facts, and highlighted amazing scientists who work every day to protect these threatened and endangered marine reptiles. Here in Hawai'i, scientists are focusing some of their efforts on the Hawaiian Hawksbill turtle, which is one of the world's most endangere...d sea turtle populations. Learn more about the Hawaiian Hawksbill turtle through this short 4-minute video: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature/sea-turtle-week-2021 and browse the other cool stories and information about the six sea turtle species found in U.S. waters that are threatened or endangered. #seaturtle #NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Daniel K Inouye Regional Center - IRC (photo by Ed Lyman) See more

Amazing news - Hawai'i Sea Grant's Voice of the Sea television series was recognized by the 42nd Annual Telly Awards and won SIX awards this year, including a Gold for "Saving the Kiwikiu: Part 2"! This is truly an honor, the Voice of the Sea episodes won out of over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. If you have not seen this episode, or the other five winning episodes, now is the time, and you can watch them for free on our website: https://seagrant.soest....hawaii.edu/voice-of-the-sea-season-7/ Bravo to Dr. Kanesa Seraphin for being an amazing host and creator of the series, and Kauai Sound and Cinema for producing the award-winning episodes. The other winning episodes include: Cesspool Issues Rising (Silver); Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (Silver); Cesspool Contamination Revealed by Invasive Algae (Bronze); Virtually Exploring the Abyssal Plains (Bronze); and Cesspool Solutions (Bronze). #tellyawards #cesspool #endangeredbirds #kiwikiu #subsistencefishing #communitybasedmanagement Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawai‘i News University of Hawaii at Hilo WAI: Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations See more

Sharing a wonderful and cool opportunity to check out. Please feel free to check out the other 360 degree videos featured on the #NOAANationalMarineSanctuary website. Here is the link to the short video: "Explore the Blue: 360 Hawaiian Adventure." https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov//hawaii-h/hawaiian-adventure/ #UHSeaGrant #SOEST #HBEP #HanaumaBayEducationProgram #MLCD #marinelifeconservation #NOAA #nationalmarinesanctuary

Do you have an interest in working outdoors and are inspired to protect our island’s unique watershed forest? If so, The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii and Palmyra is now hiring! It is seeking both a natural resource manager and a two-year term field technician on Kauai. The applications are being reviewed in the order they are received and the position will remain open until filled. For complete details, visit The Nature Conservancy website: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/careers/ #jobopportunity #NaturalResourceManagement #nature #kauai

The He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) has an amazing job opportunity for a Coastal Training Program Specialist! The full-time position is with the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology - HIMB located at Moku o‘ Lo‘e, He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and Coconut Island in Kaneohe, Hawai‘i. National Estuarine Research Reserve Association. The deadline for applying is June 12, so if you are interested in applying please visit: https://hcmweb.rcuh.com//HR/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL& The ID#is 221284 if you need to search for the position description on the RCUH website. #Nerr #jobopportunity #HIMB School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST University of Hawaii at Manoa

Happy #worldseaturtleday! World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on the 16th of June, the birthday of Dr. Archie Carr, the godfather of sea turtle conservation, who dedicated his entire career to sea turtle research and conservation. Learn more about the seven species of sea turtles in the world on the NOAA Fisheries Service website or many other websites dedicated to sharing information about these magnificent marine reptiles. #SeaTurtleWeek #NOAA #seagrant