Hanauma Seminar Calendar & Recorded Talks
Hanauma Talks Seminars
Hanauma Bay Education Program partners with organizations across Hawaiʻi to showcase educational talks with leading researchers, environmental leaders, natural resource managers, and cultural practitioners.
Archived seminar recordings can be viewed on the Hanauma Talks YouTube channel. (Hanauma Talks)
Phone: (808) 397-5840 or Email: hbaynews@hawaii.edu
Other Organization Seminars
Sharing other past and upcoming webinars across Hawaiʻi to showcase educational talks.
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Recorded Talks Archive
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APRIL 2024
April 23, 2024:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Whatʻs Washed In: Seabirds, Marine Debris, and Citizen Science” presented by Dr. Julia Parrish, Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)
*Please REGISTER: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4463749363462859866
MARCH 2024
FEBRUARY 2024
February 20, 2024:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Exploring Ocean Mysteries: From Dynamic Shores to the Deep-Sea” presented by Rick and Krista Reynolds of Engaging Every Student and Tracy Hajduk of the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
February 21, 2024:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Fish, With Chips: Tracking Fish Movement at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary” presented by Marissa Nuttall, Research Specialist, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
February 27, 2024:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Washington CoastSavers: Working Together to Remove Marine Debris from our Beaches” presented by Megan Juran, Washington CoastSavers Coordinator
February 28, 2024:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Chasing Microbes: Diving into the Mystery of Coral Disease” presented by Adrienne Correa, University of California, Berkeley, Laura Mydlarz, University of Texas Arlington, and Dan Holstein, Louisiana State University
JANUARY 2024
NOVEMBER 2023
OCTOBER 2023
October 17, 2023:
National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: “Why Should We Care About Freshwater Acidification? Science and Stewardship in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary” presented by Dr. Reagan Errera, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Stephanie Gandulla, NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
*recording TBA
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DECEMBER 2022
NOVEMBER 2022
NOVEMBER 7, 2022:
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant: Science By the SEA Seminar Series:
Tyler Goodearly – “More Than Just a Lump: The Sea-cret Life of the Sea Cucumber”
Kapono Gaughen – “Social Media Influencers in Their Natural Environments”
Seaenna Correa-Garcia – “Itʻs a bird! Itʻs a plane – Itʻs Limu Gal!!!”
Brandon Bees – “What is the WELL!”
NOVEMBER 14, 2022:
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant: Science By the SEA Seminar Series:
Louis Chua – “Banking on Nature: Accounting for the Health of our Hawaiian Ecosystems”
Sean Swift – “What Kind of Soup Can You Make from a Coral Reef?”
Tressa Hoppe – “How Ferns Get Freaky: An Introduction to Fern Reproduction”
NOVEMBER 21, 2022:
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant: Science By the SEA Seminar Series:
Cassie KaʻApu-Lyons – “Fish Food for Thought: What Do Baby Fish Eat and Why It Matters”
Patrick Nichols – “Itʻs Here, Now What? New Tools for Monitoring Marine Invaders”
Sheldon Rosa -“You Holo! I Holo! Anaeholo!”
Sadichchha Shrestha and Luke Miller – “When it Rains it Pours: the Economic Impact of Severe Weather Events in Hawaiʻi”
OCTOBER 2022
OCTOBER 20, 2022:
SEPTEMBER 2022
September 1, 2022:
The Voice of the Series presents: “Monk Seals and Toxoplasmosis”
AUGUST 2022
August 18:
“Holu Lalo: A strategy for enhancing resilience of French Frigate Shoals Atoll” presented by Kiloaulani Kaʻawa-Gonzales: E. Gordon Grau Fellow, Contractor with UH Sea Grant in support of NOAA Pacific Region Executive Board
JULY 2022
July 28:
“Tracking North Pacific Albatrosses to Understand Fishery Interactions” presented by Rachael Orben, Assistant Professor (Senior Research), Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences.
JUNE 2022
MAY 2022
APRIL 2022
April 21:
“The Connections Between Deep-sea Mining, the Monuments and Fisheries” presented by Dr. Jeff Drazen, Professor, Department of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
April 22:
“The Impacts of the Red Hill Crisis on the Board of Water Supply” presented by Ernest Lau, Manager and Chief Engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) and Erwin Kawata, BWS Program Administrator for the Water Quality Division
MARCH 2022
FEBRUARY 2022
JANUARY 2022
January 14:
“Kamehameha Schools Kumuola students and kiaʻi, restoring the Waiāhole and Kapalaho Loko Iʻa in Hilo”
January 20:
Traveling back to 2014 with Pāpā Mape and Hinano Teavai-Murphy at the Te Pu ‘Atiti’a Center in Moorea, Tahiti, to learn about natural signs on land and at sea—sharing some of the Biocuoltural knowledge that is often the remarkable expertise of singular persons, like Pāpā Mape.
DECEMBER 2021
December 9:
“Science by the Sea Seminar Series” presented by Sea Grant Graduate Fellows:
“Do You Know What Baby Fishies Eat? Neither Do We!” presented by Cassie Ka’apu-Lyons & Emily Conklin
“Plankton: The invisible forest” presented by Paolo Marra-Biggs
“Hāpai e ka wai: Land-based Pollutants in Kaihuopalaʻai, Puʻuloa” presented by Honour Booth
December 16:
“Science by the Sea Seminar Series” presented by Sea Grant Graduate Fellows:
“A wasteful situation: predicting wastewater transport to the coast” presented by Brytne Okuhata
“Taking a leaf from the plant playbook” presented by Devynn Wulstein
“Hunting Coastal Springs: The Search For Coastal Contaminant Sources” presented by Casey McKenzie
NOVEMBER 2021
November 4:
“Science by the Sea Seminar Series” presented by Sea Grant Graduate Fellows:
“Identifying sewage hotspots along the Hilo coastline” presented by Ireland Castillo & Jojo Briones
“The Secret in the Soil” presented by Gina McGuire
“In the zone: How salinity research can aid native Hawaiian plants” presented by Anna McCormick
November 10:
November 18:
“Science by the Sea Seminar Series” presented by Sea Grant Graduate Fellows:
“Identifying sewage hotspots along the Hilo coastline” presented by Shayla Waiki & Crispin Nakoa
“What’s a beach day worth? Economic Valuation of Waikīkī Beach” presented by Marcus Peng
“4000m Under The Sea: Life on an Oceanographic Research Cruise” presented by Nic Vanderzyl
OCTOBER 2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
AUGUST 2021
JULY 2021
July 21:
“Ecosystem Integrity and Biodiversity in Hawaiʻi” presented by Dr. Shaya Honarvar (Director, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit)
JUNE 2021
MAY 2021
May 26:
“Hawaii’s Changing Ocean: Bounty, Threats, Solutions” presented by Dr. Mark Hixon (Professor and Hsiao Endowed Chair in Marine Biology School of Life Sciences)
APRIL 2021 – “FOR THE BIRDS”
The Hawaiʻi Audubon Society is a nonprofit membership organization that fosters community values to protect and restore native wildlife and ecosystems and conserve natural resources through education, science, and advocacy in Hawai‘i and the Pacific.
MARCH 2021 – “OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE”
March 18:
** Just noticed that the slides have the “speakers” partially blocking the upper right section of the presentation. I apologize for theis mishap and will correct it for next weekʻs seminar.
FEBRUARY 2021 – “PAPAHĀNAUMOKUĀKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT”
JANUARY 2021 – “HEʻEIA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE (NERR)”
January 21:
- “ʻOʻopu and ʻaeʻo and ʻamaʻama, oh my! Dreaming of native species abundance” presented by Shimi Rii (Research Coordinator, Heʻeia NERR) – Talk #1
- “E hinu auaneʻi nā nuku, He pōmaikaʻi ko laila. Where the mouths are shiny with fat, prosperity is there.” presented by Aka Beebe (M.S. graduate student, UH Mānoa Oceanography) – Talk #2
- “From land to sea with loko iʻa in-between: understanding phytoplankton communities along a steep environmental gradient” presented by Sarah Tucker (Ph.D. graduate student, UH Mānoa, HIMB) – Talk #3
January 28:
- “Characterizing the ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia during the early 1800s” presented by Matt Kahoʻohanohano (M.S. graduate student, UH Mānoa, NREM) – Talk #1
- “Deep in the Weeds: Restoring Heʻeia Wetlands” presented by Melissa Mau (TNC Marine Fellow) – Talk #2
- “Changing Management Changes Water” presented by Alishia Orloff (M.S. graduate student, Yale School of the Environment) – Talk #3
DECEMBER 2020 – “UH SEA GRANT GRADUATE FELLOWS”
December 3:
- “What’s that smell? Identifying sewage hot spots in Hilo, Hawaiʻi” presented by Joseph Nakoa III and Shayla Waiki, TCBES
- “Lurking Below: A Study of Groundwater Contaminants in the Ewa Beach Plains.” presented by Matt Duff and John Cameron, Earth Sciences
- “Coral reef halos: literally living on the edge” presented by Zack Rago, Marine Biology
December 10:
- “Setting the table for aquaculture: what do baby fish eat?” presented by Emily Conklin & Cassie Kaʻapu-Lyons, Zoology
- “Exploration of Geoscience through Place and Culture” presented by Tineill Dudoit, Earth and Planetary Sciences
- “Modeling the benefits of agroforest restoration in Hawaiʻi, a land to sea approach” presented by Gina McGuire, Geography and Environment
December 17:
Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management Fellowship Graduates
- “Dealing with Large Scale Problems with Local Level Collaboration” presented by Amy Markel (Department of Aquatic Resources)
- “Turn that brown upside down: Our cesspools as an opportunity” presented by Joachim Schneider
NOVEMBER 2020 – “UH SEA GRANT GRADUATE FELLOWS”
November 5:
- “Do Hawaiian microbes eat their Leafy Greens?” presented by Becca Lensing
- “What’s a beach day worth? Economic valuation of Waikiki Beach.” presented by Marcus Peng
- “Ai ʻia e ka iʻa, ʻai ʻia e ke kanaka: Transfer of pollutants by fish” presented by Honour Booth
November 12:
- “Rising Tides: Designing Waikiki for Sea Level Rise” presented by Josephine Briones and Ireland Castillo, Architecture
- “The scoop on poop: investigating cesspool pollution in Hawaiʻi” presented by Nicolas Vanderzyl, Oceanography
- “The Cost of Climate Change: Coastal plants at risk in Hawaiʻi” presented by Anna McCormick, TPSS
November 19:
- “Samoan Hop-Scotch: A Giant Clam journey across the Samoan Archipelago” presented by Paolo Marra-Biggs, Marine Biology
- “Dirty Groundwater: Linking underground pathways to our coastal waters” presented by Casey McKenzie, Earth Science
- “Kona: where groundwater links biology, culture, and practice” presented by Veronica Gibson, Botany
OCTOBER 2020 – NOAA HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
October 1:
“The Ins and Outs of Seal Hook Removal” presented by Claudia Cedillo, Veterinary Technician
October 8:
“How reduced and degraded island habitat affects the long-term viability of the monk seal population at French Frigate Shoals” presented by Dr. Jason Baker, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
October 15:
“Pearl and Hermes Reef: Seal Paradise or Peril?” presented by Hope Ronco, Research/Logistics Technician, JIMAR
October 22:
“NOAA research ranges land-to-sea to understand risks of toxoplasmosis in Hawaiian Monk Seals” presented by Dr. Stacie Robinson, Research Ecologist
October 29:
“Meet your neighbor island Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program” presented by Nicole Davis & Jamie Thomton, NOAA Marine Mammal Response Network Island Coordinators
SEPTEMBER 2020 – NOAA MARINE SEA TURTLE PROGRAM
September 3
“Turtle Odyssey” narrated by Russell Crowe (~41 minutes long)
September 10
“Status and trends of Honu, or green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument” presented by Marylou Staman, Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program (MTBAP)
September 17
“Sea Turtles in the Main Hawaiian Islands – Biology, Research, and Conservation” presented by Christina Coppenrath, Field and Laboratory Research Associate, Grantee with JIMAR in support of Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program, Protected Species Division
September 24
“Partnerships in Sea Turtle Recovery: A Pacific-Wide ‘Ohana” presented by Irene Kelly, Sea Turtle Recovery Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries – Pacific Islands Region
AUGUST 2020 – VOICE OF THE SEA
August 6
“Voice of the Sea: Hanauma Bay Zoominar – Education and Research during COVID-19” presented by Kanesa Seraphin, Hanauma Bay Education Program Staff and University of Hawaiʻi Researchers
August 13
“Voice of the Sea: Hanauma Bay Zoominar – Cesspool Issues Rising” presented by Kanesa Seraphin and University of Hawaiʻi Researchers
August 20
“Voice of the Sea: Hanauma Bay Zoominar – Coral Restoration Nursery” presented by Kanesa Seraphin, Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and University of Hawaiʻi Researchers
August 27
“Voice of the Sea: Hanauma Bay Zoominar – Saving the Kiwikiu with the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project” presented by Kanesa Seraphin, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project researchers, and endangered species experts
JULY 2020 – APEX PREDATORS
July 2
“Little Sharks, Big World: Genetic Insights into Horn Shark Dispersal & Migration” by Sean Canfield (ToBo Lab – HIMB)
July 9
“The grainy fisheries management of Silky Shark, a genetic perspective” presented by Derek Kraft (ToBo Lab – HIMB)
July 16
“Impacts of shark viewing ecotours on the ecology of coastal sharks in Hawaiʻi” presented by Julia Hartl (HIMB)
July 23
“Working with industry to improve post-release survival of sharks incidentally captured in commercial fisheries” presented by Dr. Melanie Hutchinson (JIMAR)
July 30
“Jonathan Birdʻs Blue World: Shark Biology” presented by Jonathan Bird
JUNE 2020 – MĀLAMA MAUNALUA
June 11
“Cutting edge restoration to rehabilitate reefs in Maunalua Bay” by Carlo Caruso (HIMB)
June 18
“How clean is Maunalua Bayʻs water?” by Kim Falinski (The Nature Conservancy)
June 25
“Protecting the Forests to Protect the Region” by JC Watson (Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership) & Tyrone Montayre (Protect and Preserve Hawaii)
MAY 2020 – COASTAL HAZARDS AND THREATS IN HAWAIʻI
May 21 – Live Webinar – 3PM (Hawai’i)
APRIL 2020 – COASTAL SEABIRDS & SHOREBIRDS co-hosted by the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society
April 2
“The Miracle of Midway: A Million Albatrosses and Counting” by Susan Scott, Hawaiʻi Audubon Society
MAY 2020 – HAWAIʻI SEA GRANT ONLINE EVENT
May 6 (WEDNESDAY) – Premieres 12 noon HST
Voice of the Sea – Hawaiʻi Sea Grant – YouTube live chat and watch party premiere.
Join Hanauma Bay Education Program staff and University of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology researchers. Bring your questions for this talk-story time!
Learn more about the Hanauma Bay Education Program.
Hanauma Bay Education Program
100 Hanauma Bay Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96825
Phone: (808) 397-5840
Email: hanauma@hawaii.edu
