#lalo

This year marks the 50th anniversary of NOAA sending field researchers to Lalo to monitor honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) that migrate there to mate and lay their eggs.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Honu Count” initiative launched in 2017, when it first asked “citizen scientists” to report honu (green sea turtles) with temporary alphanumeric markings on their shells.

Two large anchors discovered in the French Frigate Shoals by voyaging canoe crew members of the Hikianalia are thought to be remains of an old whaling ship from the 1800s.