You are Invited to a Special Research Symposium:
Community-Based Marine Management for Maunalua Bay

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
8:15 am - 4:45 pm
NOAA Conference Room
NOAA / Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
6600 Kalanianaole Highway, 3rd Floor

This event brings together community, scientific, agency and NGO partners engaged in conservation and research efforts at Maunalua Bay to share what has been done and discuss how to move forward together to effectively build successful management.

An exciting lineup of speakers will share information on community and scientific initiatives for Maunalua Bay, including GIS, coral reef health, watersheds and land based pollution, oceanography and geology, invasive species removal, fishery monitoring, and habitat restoration. A culminating session provides an opportunity to explore how local community is taking the lead in marine management and restoration efforts.

The event is free and open to all, but space is limited so pre-registration is strongly recommended.

Register by email: info@malamamaunalua.org
Register by phone: 744-0052

Surf Art Kids Project founder, and Marine Artist, Hilton Alves will donate a mural to the Kahuku Community Center with support from Kahuku Village Association on March 28th. This mural will illustrate the artist’s depiction of historic Kahuku Plantation from the ocean and the marine life found in the waters off Kahuku Beach. Hilton plans on completing the mural in one day and hopes to involve the entire community in the event called “Count Down to Earth Day.”

The event will begin at 8 a.m. with a beach clean up at Kahuku Beach and lead into the live art display of Hilton’s mural and other festivities at the community center till 4 p.m. Keiki will be able to enjoy making art with the artist and create their own renditions of Hilton’s mural or marine life. Throughout the event people will enjoy presentations, food, prizes for beach clean up participants, educational materials, music, art and a shared sense of service and togetherness.

Everyone is invited to come to make the difference and to show support for a healthier world. Interested organizations and community members are encouraged to contact organizers to find out how they can be a part of this worthwhile event. A detailed schedule and list of supporters will be posted on www.hiltonsurfart.com.br soon.

For additional information on “Marine Artist Invites Community to ‘Count Down to Earth Day’ event in Kahuku” or the Surf Art Kids Project visit www.hiltonsurfart.com.br or write Jessica at nrtshrlv@gmail.com.

Film: “Hawai’i - Message in the Waves”
Wednesday 1st April, 2009, 6:30pm-8:00pm
UHM Architecture auditorium

“Hawai’i - Message in the Waves” is a film from the BBC Natural History Unit looking at some of the environmental challenges facing the people and wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands. It explores the dangers of plastic debris in the marine environment and the threat to marine animals and birds in Hawai’i. Although the documentary is from a Hawaiian perspective it is really a global film. Because of their size, location and social history, the Hawaiian Islands represent a microcosm of the planet and are in a unique position to tell all of us where we are going wrong and what we can do to help put things right.

This series of free, public events in April 2009 is being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i and the UHM Department of Educational Foundations. The weekly series will cover topics such as marine life in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian islands and the impacts of plastic on our health, marine life and the environment. The events will take place every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. All events will take place at the UHM Architecture Auditorium except one - the lecture on Wed. April 8th will take place in the UHM Art Auditorium.  

“Sea Birds as Indicators of Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment”
Wednesday 29th April, 2009, 6:30pm-8:00pm
UHM Architecture auditorium

Dr. David Hyrenbach, Assistant Professor of Oceanography at the Hawai’i Pacific University will discuss the pervasive problem and impacts of plastic ingestion by albatross with emphasis on the ecology and habitat of the Laysan and black-footed albatross.

David Hyrenbach is an Assistant Professor of Oceanography at Hawai’i Pacific University College of Natural Sciences.  His expertise is in seabird foraging ecology, the habits of far-ranging marine vertebrates and the conservation of pelagic systems.  His research interests include use of satellite telemetry to understand the ecology of highly migratory pelagic species including marine birds and turtles in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  He has a PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and before joining the faculty of HPU, was a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Laboratory and a visiting scholar at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.  For more information visit his website:  www.pelagicos.net

This series of free, public events in April 2009 is being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i and the UHM Department of Educational Foundations. The weekly series will cover topics such as marine life in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian islands and the impacts of plastic on our health, marine life and the environment. The events will take place every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. All events will take place at the UHM Architecture Auditorium except one - the lecture on Wed. April 8th will take place in the UHM Art Auditorium.

“Plastic: Impacts on our Health, Marine Life and the Environment”
Wednesday 22nd April, 2009, 6:30pm-8:00pm 

Suzanne Frazer, co-founder of Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i will discuss types of plastics, impact of marine debris on marine life, and making lifestyle changes that benefit your health and the environment.

Suzanne Frazer founded B.E.A.C.H. with Dean Otsuki in 2006. They received the 2008 Living Reef award which honour groups and individuals that go above and beyond in their actions to make a difference in preserving the reefs.

This series of free, public events in April 2009 is being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i and the UHM Department of Educational Foundations. The weekly series will cover topics such as marine life in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian islands and the impacts of plastic on our health, marine life and the environment. The events will take place every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. All events will take place at the UHM Architecture Auditorium except one - the lecture on Wed. April 8th will take place in the UHM Art Auditorium.

Film: “Synthetic Sea Story”
Wednesday 15th April, 2009, 6:30pm-7:30pm
UHM Architecture auditorium

“The Synthetic Sea Story” is a documentary by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation about their studies of plastic debris in the North Pacifid Subtropical Gyre, Hawai`i and California and how plastic is impacting sea life.

This series of free, public events in April 2009 is being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i and the UHM Department of Educational Foundations. The weekly series will cover topics such as marine life in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian islands and the impacts of plastic on our health, marine life and the environment. The events will take place every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. All events will take place at the UHM Architecture Auditorium except one - the lecture on Wed. April 8th will take place in the UHM Art Auditorium.

“Conflict, Collision and Confrontation: Sea Turtle Biology and Incompatibility with Marine Debris”
Wednesday 8th April, 2009, 6:30pm-8:00pm
UHM Art auditorium

Regina Woodrom Rudrud, Maritime and Fisheries Anthropologist, University of Hawai’i at Manoa will highlight the seven species of marine turtles, focusing on basic aspects of sea turtle biology and how those aspects create conflicts for turtles living in and among marine debris.

Regina Woodrom Rudrud is a sea turtle conservation biologist as well as a maritime and fisheries anthropologist who has studied sea turtles the past ten years in several countries.  Ms. Woodrom Rudrud is a lecturer in the anthropology and biology departments of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa teaching courses which include the biology of marine reptiles.  Ms Woodrom Rudrud also works as an independent contractor for the NOAA Fisheries Marine Turtle Research Program.

This series of free, public events in April 2009 is being presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai’i and the UHM Department of Educational Foundations.  The weekly series will cover topics such as marine life in the main and Northwestern Hawaiian islands and the impacts of plastic on our health, marine life and the environment. The events will take place every Wednesday at 6:30pm at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.  All events will take place at the UHM Architecture Auditorium except one - the lecture on Wed. April 8th will take place in the UHM Art Auditorium. 

“Getting to Know Your Kane’ohe Neighbor: The Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology and Coconut Island”
Lecture by, Carlie Wiener, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Research and Outreach Specialist, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology

Lectures begin at 6:30 pm in the Hanauma Bay theater and are free and open to the public. Free parking is also available.

“Invasive Marine Invertebrates: An Underwater Investigation” Lecture by, Gregory Concepcion, PhD Candidate, UH Zoology Department and Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology

Lectures begin at 6:30 pm in the Hanauma Bay theater and are free and open to the public. Free parking is also available.

“When Designing Marine Reserves, Genetic Research Can Preserve” Lecture by Jonathan Puritz, PhD, UH Zoology Department and Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology

Lectures begin at 6:30 pm in the Hanauma Bay theater and are free and open to the public. Free parking is also available.