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Protect the Honu! Thanks to Aaron Char one of our core members.
A letter from one of our friends Marjorie:
Aloha, all. We just learned that in addition to the May 23-24 WESPAC turtle meetings (which will include items in addition to the delisting petition), WESPAC’s Regional Ecosystem Advisory Committee meets tomorrow, Friday, May 11, 2012, 8:30 am to 5 pm. Honu delisting petition is on the agenda (see below). Please attend if you can. Attached are excellent comments to the committee from Teri Shore, Program Director at Turtle Island Restoration Network. Last, if you are interested in what this committee is up to, please ask WESPAC in writing or email to be put on the mailing list for future meeting notices, etc.
There are whales, MBTA, honu, and coral on the agenda. This committee addresses many of the issues we are concerned about, and we need to monitor it carefully, record what’s going on, attend the meetings if we can, and get our people on the committee.
Mahalo!
Hawaii Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem Plan
Regional Ecosystem Advisory Committee
Friday, May 11, 2012
Council Conference Room
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400 Honolulu, Hawaii
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Draft Agenda
1. Welcome and Introduction of Members
2. Approval of Draft Agenda
3. REAC Overview and 2011 Meeting Recommendations
4. Agency Protected Species Overview and Updates
a. Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) Updates
b. State Protected Species Rules, Regulations, and Updates
5. Protected Species in Our Ecosystem
a. Humpback Whales
i. Status of Humpback Whale Hawaii Breeding Population
ii. Ecosystem Impacts of Humpback Whales in the North Pacific Foraging Grounds
iii. Discussion on the Status of Humpback Whales in Hawaii
b. Odontocetes (Toothed Whales)
i. Marine Mammal Protection Act: What You Should Know
ii. List of Fisheries and Hawaii Troll and Charter Fisheries
iii. Fishermen’s Perspective on Marine Mammal Interactions
iv. Discussion on Monitoring and Addressing Small-Vessel Fishery Impacts on Odontocetes
c. ESA Petition and Status Review for Coral
i. Coral Status Review
ii. REAC Review and Discussion of the Coral Management Report
d. ESA Petition for Hawaiian Green Turtles
i. Green Turtle Petition & Review Process
ii. State of Hawaii Green Turtle Management Plan
iii. Discussion on Future Green Turtle Management in Hawaii
6. Public Comments
7. REAC Discussion and Recommendations
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This past Sunday we went down to the Ala Wai to help out Surfrider Foundation with their clean up. We brought down a few bamboo poles to pull stuff out of the Ala Wai but they ended up being no match for the nasty treasures that didn’t want to leave the canal.
Thanks to Surfrider for putting this clean up on, although it wasn’t a beach clean up, the items that end up in this watershed eventually make their way out to sea and often onto our coastlines.
5 Skateboards were found that day. 1 of them was still working and a lucky guy from ING Direct took it home. One of them was from the 70′s and we took that one home. Gonna shine it up and give it a whirl.
The stuff pulled out of the Ala Wai left a slug trail left behind. By the end of the clean up there were a bunch of these trails up and down the sidewalk.
This bruddah was constantly driving down the Ala Wai filling up the truck with the treasures. We ended up collecting over 3,000 pounds of debris.
Shopping carts were in abundance in the Ala Wai. We fashioned a lasso out of an old electrical cord to pull these out. Another volunteer had a full on grappling hook. Some of the carts were new, but some were ancient and were like artificial reefs. When we pulled them out they looked like they were breathing. Kinda like the scary characters from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Tomorrow, Saturday May 5th is the Recycling Drive for Kahuku Elementary. Kokua Hawaii Foundation will be helping to raise up to $3,000 for the school and they need all the help they can get. Please bring your recyclables to Kahuku Elementary tomorrow morning and engage in the conversation with representatives of Kokua Hawaii Foundation, the keiki, the Kahuku ohana, and Sustainable Coastlines.
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The vast majority of trash found at the top of the hill was a mix of bottle caps (Heineken to be exact) and cigarette butts. Without our tally sheets we would have no idea the scale of the problem. Do your part by obviously not flicking, but also let those doing it to stop. Become a steward, it’s your coastline.
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Tagged beac, beach, beach clean, beach clean up, beer bottle caps, cigarette butt, cigarette butt flickers, clean, do your part, don't flick, Earth Day 2012, flickers, makapu'u, malama i ke kai, malama ka aina, Manana Island, Rabbit Island, sea life park, steward, sustainable coastlines, sustainable coastlines hawaii, waimanalo
The Newsletter recently went out prior to us finding about 50 more tally sheets. Below is the final count of what was found and tallied. Please feel free to use this data in order to do some good in the world and let us know how you use it.
We send the data to NOAA and the Ocean Conservancy along with using it for educational and legislative purposes.
Highlights:
Aloha,
SCH TEAM
Download .pdf here: Earth Day 2012 – Makapu’u Totals
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This is one of the reasons we do what we do. Thank you Greg and son for appreciating the work our volunteers did this past Sunday.
“Kahi,
My son had a biodiversity project for school and we’ve been checking some tide pools at Makapu’i and Sandy’s every week for the past month. Every time I go with him I pick up trash. Sunday, Makapu’u was the cleanest I’ve ever seen it. There was no trash. Really impressive!
Thanks,
Greg”
The overall data from the clean up will be available tonight.
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