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Monthly Archives: August 2016
A twenty minute boat ride to safety
French Frigate Shoals has earned a reputation as one of the more challenging sites in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands – both for monk seals and monk seal camp biologists. Why? Life can be hard at French Frigate Shoals! Once the … Continue reading
Posted in Protected Species
Tagged French Frigate Shoals, Galapagos sharks, Hawaiian monk seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Oscar Elton Sette, PIFSC, Protected Species, Protected Species Division, PSD, shark predation, Tern Island, Trig Island
How much does a longline fishing trip cost?
Since 2004, the PIFSC Socioeconomics Program – in collaboration with the NOAA Observer Program managed by the Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) – has maintained an ongoing trip-level economic data collection program for Hawaii longline fisheries. The establishment of this … Continue reading
Does this belong to you? A short photo essay of monk seals and trash at Laysan Island
As the Oscar Elton Sette continues down the Northwestern Hawaiian Island chain, picking up each of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program A.R.C. teams, we continue to get impressions from each camp. Campers at Laysan were struck by the commonality … Continue reading
Fantastic Fieldcamp Foodstuffs
Program Note: As we travel through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands picking up our field camps we have asked each island crew to share a tale or two of their life and adventures during this summer field season. This entry is … Continue reading
Does Holding a Commercial Fishing License Make a Fisherman Fish Commercially?
PIFSC Socioeconomics Program economists, Dr. Hing Ling Chan and Dr. Minling Pan, in collaboration with the State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, recently completed a study to examine the economic and social characteristics of the Hawaii small boat fishery. … Continue reading
Posted in Socioeconomics
Tagged Commercial Fishing, Cost-Earnings Survey, economics, Ecosystem Sciences Division, ESD, Fisher classification, Fishing Costs, Fishing Motivations, Hawaii, Hing Ling Chan, Minling Pan, NOAA, PIFSC, Small Boat Fishery, socioeconomic survey, Socioeconomics Program, survey
Welcome back Kure Camp!
The Hawaiian Monk Seal A.R.C cruise has reached the farthest northern reaches of the Hawaiian Archipelago, and begun our journey home, picking up personnel and gear at five camps along the way. Today we pulled our first field camp at … Continue reading
