Coral reefs
Optimizing fisheries regulations for a proposed Kailua Marine Managed Area
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Elizabeth Madin Co-INVESTIGATOR: Annie Innes-Gold Graduate fellow: Andrew Pettit Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This interdisciplinary project supports community-led efforts to establish a marine managed area (MMA) in Kailua Bay, Oʻahu, a region severely ...
Weaving reef health perspectives of generational lawaiʻa, marine researchers, and resource managers to strengthen collaborative caretaking of Kāneʻohe Bay
Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Rachel Dacks Co-INVESTIGATORS: Kawika Winter, Sarah Woo Graduate fellow: Kammie Tavares Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This project proposes a framework for integrating Indigenous and Western knowledge systems to inform sustainable coral reef fisheries ...
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant’s Voice of the Sea television series wins record 10 Telly Awards, including a Gold Telly!
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant's Voice of the Sea television series wins record 10 Telly Awards, including a Gold Telly! Marine debris technicians from PMDP lift a large ghost net from the water in September, 2025. Photo by Andrew Sullivan-HaskinsVoice of the ...
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Supports Five Organizations to Launch Community Funding Hubs for Resilience and ʻĀina Stewardship
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Supports Five Organizations to Launch Community Funding Hubs for Resilience and ʻĀina Stewardship (Honolulu, HI)— Following a competitive proposal process initiated in October 2025, the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) is proud ...
Three graduates from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa begin prestigious marine policy fellowship in Washington, D.C.
(Honolulu, HI)— Three students from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Gabrielle Ellis, Jonathan Rosen, and Sarah Woo are spending one year focusing on critical marine policy issues in Washington, D.C. representing the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) ...
New report confirms 2025 among Hawaiʻi’s driest, warmest on record
The easy-to-understand summary provides communities, resource managers, and policy-makers the information to understand and prepare for climate impacts (Honolulu, HI)—In 2025, Hawaiʻi experienced its second–driest year in more than a century, alongside persistently above average temperatures throughout the year—a stark reality detailed ...
Collaborating for Coral: University-Community Partnerships Advance Restoration in American Samoa
Collaborating for Coral: University-Community Partnerships Advance Restoration in American Samoa (Honolulu, HI)— A new $4.6M multi-institute collaborative project to help grow coral restoration capacity in American Samoa will begin in early 2026, leveraging more than two decades of coral heat ...
County of Kaua‘i adopts first-ever framework to guide post-disaster recovery and redevelopment
County of Kaua‘i adopts first-ever framework to guide post-disaster recovery and redevelopment The County of Kaua'i Pre Disaster Recovery Framework formally adopted by Kaua‘i County Council through Resolution 2025-36 in September, 2025 (Honolulu, HI) – After two years, the County ...
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant’s Hanauma Bay Education Program: A Celebration of 35 Years and a New Beginning
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant’s Hanauma Bay Education Program: A Celebration of 35 Years and a New Beginning Honolulu, HI—After 35 years, the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) will conclude its leading role in the Hanauma Bay ...
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant specialist brings coral reef science to global stage
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant specialist brings coral reef science to global stage Bringing Hawaiʻi's world-renowned expertise in coral reef science to the global stage, an outreach specialist with the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program and the UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi ...
