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Ashleigh McCord
April 21, 2016April 23, 2016 Ashleigh McCord2016 Trip, Duke Marine Lab, students, travel

Day 3 – Sand and Surf (but mostly sand)

Today our class headed out of the city and up to Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu. There were no Jack Johnson sightings (to the dismay of some), nor was surfing the North Shore’s legendaryContinue reading

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Heather Afford
April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 Heather Afford2016 Trip, Duke Marine Lab, students, travel

Day Two – An Ocean Mirage in Hanauma Bay

  Our second day exploring the island of Oahu was spent searching for Hawaiian green sea turtles, which are known as “honu” in Hawaiian, but to no avail. Today’s activities existed to contribute to a longContinue reading

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Andy Read
April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 Andy Read2016 Trip, Duke Marine Lab

Day One – Linking urban sprawl, monk seal conservation and cat poop

  Welcome to the 2016 class blog for Marine Conservation Biology. In this course we explore some of the challenges to conservation in the main Hawaiian Islands.  We’ll be spending the first week on OahuContinue reading

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Katie Robinson
March 26, 2015 Katie Robinson2015 Trip, CEM, conservation, marine studies, students, travel

The Greatest Management Challenge

As far as marine protected areas go, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is pretty unique. It is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world and has been recognized by the United NationsContinue reading

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Dana Nicolette Rollison
March 26, 2015 Dana Nicolette Rollison2015 Trip, CEM, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students

Loved to Death

With the (repeat) exception of Bubbie’s Ice Cream, Hanauma Bay is the first location to which we’ve returned on our adventures in Oahu. The nature preserve is closed every Tuesday to allow time for maintenanceContinue reading

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Laura Eileen Bennett
March 25, 2015 Laura Eileen Bennett2015 Trip, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel

“I Like My Fish Like I Like My Women…

…fresh and a little fatty.”  This morning we simultaneously started late and early. Having spent the last week mentally preparing for a 5 am excursion to the Honolulu Fish Auction, a call time of 7Continue reading

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Heather Heenehan
March 25, 2015 Heather Heenehan2015 Trip, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, PhD, students, travel

Talking story with William Aila

It’s easy to recount the events of a day in a blog. We went here, we met with so and so and we talked about blank. We include analogies, photos, quotes, whatever we can toContinue reading

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Amy Nicole Wagner
March 24, 2015 Amy Nicole Wagner2015 Trip, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel

Watching people watching whales

Today, our mission was simple: to understand ecotourism, we became ecotourists. To that end, we joined 75 tourists aboard the luxurious 140′ Navatek I, operated by Atlantis Adventures in Waikiki, for a humpback whale watchContinue reading

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Allison Victoria Hensch
March 23, 2015 Allison Victoria Hensch2015 Trip, CEM, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel

Street Sweepers and Spinner Dolphins

Why anyone would decide that three o’clock in the morning is a good time to run a loud, obnoxious street sweeper up and down the street of our current residence at the University of HawaiiContinue reading

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Meghan Elizabeth Rickard
March 23, 2015 Meghan Elizabeth Rickard2015 Trip, alumni, CEM, conservation, oceans, travel

How Stuff Gets Done

We started the day a little later than usual, which allowed us all much needed time to recover from the previous night’s festivities – a “surprise” Bubbies ice cream cake for our fearless leader AndyContinue reading

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