Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Field Camps 2021
Images from the Pacific Islands assessment and recovery camps for Hawaiian monk seals and green turtles in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Images from the field camps in 2021. Read the full story: Challenges, Satisfaction, and Lots of Monk Seal Pups During 2021 Field Season
The aging seawall at Tern Island at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals) can be an attractive hazard to wildlife. Field teams m...
Small boats are used to access small islands for Hawaiian monk seal surveys. Field teams at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals...
Two green sea turtles at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). The size and shape of the scales on a turtle's head can be used t...
Two green sea turtles bask on the sandy beaches at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Turtles are commonly seen in the Papah...
A biologist measures the carapace (shell) of a green sea turtle at Tern Island, Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Biologists...
The eastern shoreline of Kapou (Lisianski Island). Extra care is taken when walking the narrow beaches at Kapou to min...
A weaned Hawaiian monk seal pup rests on an aggregate of fishing nets, lines, and other marine debris. Seals, particular...
The field camp site on Southeast Island, Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll). Nearly all emergent land in the Papahānaumoku...
The tent field camp on Southeast Island, Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll). These camps include an office tent, cook tent...
Field biologists survey the shoreline for Hawaiian monk seals at Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Counts of seals on the beach...
Tent accommodations for field teams at Kamole (Laysan Island). Few permanent structures lie within the Papahānaumokuākea...
Laysan albatross chicks near the field station on Green Island, Hōlanikū (Kure Atoll). The State of Hawaii manages the K...
A field biologist stands by the Midway Atoll sign, listing the many agencies that co-manage this location. Kuaihelani (M...
A field biologist leans in close to read identifying marks on a Hawaiian monk seal during a survey at Kapou (Lisianski I...
The Kapou (Lisianski Island) seal team says goodbye as they push off the last small boat during their camp deployment. T...
Hope Ronco conducts small boat operations at Nihoa. Deploying field teams onto these exposed rocky ledges on Nihoa and M...
A Hawaiian monk seal rests on a wide beach on Kamole (Laysan Island). Seals haul out on the beaches to rest, molt their...
Sunset in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument from the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
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Sunset looking across the disbanded runway on Tern Island, Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Vegetation and seabirds are rec...
The 2021 Hawaiian monk seal field team and their tent camp on Southeast Island, Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll). Field ...
Marylou Staman conducts green sea turtle surveys at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). More than 90 percent of the Hawaiian g...
Hawaiian monk seals, green sea turtles, and seabirds on the beach at Lalo, French Frigate Shoals. These animals often s...
This map of the Hawaiian Archipelago shows the long string of islands and atolls extending northwest of the inhabited Ha...
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