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SUMMARY:Free talk by Ed Lyman\, Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator\, on Tuesday\, July 2
DESCRIPTION:As part of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council’s monthly meeting\, a free presentation\, titled\, “Catch and Release: Large Whale Entanglement Response\,” will be offered by Edward Lyman on Tuesday\, July 2 at 5:30 pm at The Sphere at Maui Ocean Center. The event is open to the public. The presentation will include amazing video footage from pole- and helmet-mounted cameras showing some of the whale rescues in Hawaii by the network of responders that are authorized to assist with such entanglements\,   \nSeating is limited\, so reservations (free of charge) are recommended and can be arranged at https://bit.ly/WhaleRescueTalk. 
 \nLyman\, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Natural Resources Management Specialist\, has responded more than 120 times to calls to free large whales and other marine animals from entangling gear over the past 25 years\, resulting in more than 50 large whales being freed. \n“For over 17 years the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary\, working with NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program and the on-water community\, has led a successful community-based network of experienced responders to free large whales\, like the humpback whales found seasonally around Hawaiʻi\, from life-threatening entanglements\,” said Lyman. “As a result\, the sanctuary and its partners have removed gear from more than 30 large whales and gained a wealth of information to mitigate the threat and its broad impacts.” \nDuring his presentation\, Lyman will describe the difficult and sometimes dangerous task of disentangling 40-ton\, likely free-swimming whales\, using techniques modified from those employed to catch large fish or used historically by whalers to kill the animals.  \nThe talk will be part of the July monthly meeting of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council\, a nonprofit organization working for healthy coral reefs and clean ocean water. It will take place at The Sphere at Maui Ocean Center\, located at 192 Maʻalaea Road at the Maʻalaea Harbor Shops.  \nDoors will open at 5 pm and the talk will begin promptly at 5:30 pm.  \n“We are grateful to Maui Ocean Center for generously donating the use of The Sphere for this presentation\,” said Amy Hodges\, Programs Manager at Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. “We are also very thankful to Ed Lyman for making time to give this talk during a holiday week celebrating ʻlife\, liberty and the pursuit of happinessʻ — important for whales as well as people.”\n\nAbout Edward Lyman:\nEd Lyman is currently the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Natural Resources Management Specialist and Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator under NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. He works closely with NOAA Fisheries\, and under their Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. For more than 25 years Ed has worked with NOAA\, state agencies\, and others to better understand the animals and to address the threats that impact them\, especially ship-strikes and entanglements. His efforts encompass Alaska\, the East and West Coasts\, Hawaiʻi and other countries. Ed has worked with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary for more than 17 years. \nEd has participated in over 120 disentanglement efforts and helped free more than 50 large whales – 30 off Hawaiʻi. He assists NOAA in coordinating a community-based network to provide safe and authorized response to entangled large whales. However\, the ultimate goal is working with fishermen\, scientists\, managers\, and others to gain valuable information that may reduce entanglement threat in the future. \nEd graduated from the University of New Hampshire\, where he received a Master’s of Science studying semi-aquatic mammals and island biogeography. He worked for the Shoals Marine Laboratory and Sea Education Association\, where he gained a strong marine background. He has studied whales since 1994\, when he worked for the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies\, a non-profit whale research and rescue organization. Ed also worked for the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries\, where he worked with fishermen to reduce entanglement impacts.\n\n
About Maui Nui.Marine Resource Council:\n
Maui Nui Marine Resource Council is a Maui-based nonprofit organization celebrating 11 years of working for healthy coral reefs\, clean ocean water and an abundance of native fish for the islands of Maui County. In addition to co-managing the Hui O Ka Wai Ola ocean water quality testing program\, which tests ocean water quality at 39 locations along the south and west shores of Maui\, the nonprofit is working to improve ocean water quality in Ma’alaea Harbor through the installation of caged oysters in the harbor.  Maui Nui Marine Resource Council is also working in the Pohakea watershed above Ma’alaea Bay to prevent stormwater runoff to protect ocean water quality and the coral reefs located in the bay. To learn more\, visit www.mauireefs.org
URL:https://www.mauireefs.org/event/free-talk-ed-lyman-large-whale-entanglement-response-coordinator-wednesday-july-3/
LOCATION:The Sphere at Maui Ocean Center\, 192 Maalaea Rd\, Wailuku\, HI\, 96793\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Presentation: Report on West Maui Ocean Water Quality
DESCRIPTION:How clean is the ocean water along the shores and at the beaches of West Maui? The public is invited to learn the answer to this question at a free presentation showcasing the results gathered by Hui O Ka Wai Ola\, a unique community-based coastal water quality monitoring program co-managed by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council\, The Nature Conservancy and West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative. \nThe presentation will take place on Tuesday\, July 30 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at the Lahainaluna High School Cafeteria in Lahaina. Admission is free. Residents and visitors are welcome. The evening will feature results from two years of ocean water quality monitoring at 19 West Maui locations from Honolua Bay to Papalaua near the Pali. \n“Come learn about the scientific data that our volunteers and staff have gathered through their diligent work in the field and in the lab\,” says James Strickland III\, Project Manager of Hui O Ka Wai Ola. “We encourage everyone to attend\, to learn about the water quality issues that we’ve found in West Maui.” \nA Unique Community-Based Effort\nHui O Ka Wai Ola (“Association of Living Waters”) is the first citizen science-based water quality monitoring program of its kind in Hawai’i that works in close cooperation with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health Clean Water Branch to provide scientific\, quality-assured data for use by State and County government\, community groups\, researchers and the public. More than 40 Maui residents volunteer with Hui O Ka Wai Ola. Since monitoring began in 2016\, the program has collected and analyzed over 700 water quality samples from 49 sites in West and South Maui. \n“Our primary motivation for launching this program was the health of Mauiʻs coral reefs\,” says Robin Newbold\, co-founder and Chair of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. “Coral reefs need clean ocean water to survive; especially during this time of warming ocean water\, sea level rise and climate change. Having this data is an important step in working for clean ocean water along our coasts.” \nQuality Assured Data
\nThe Hui O Ka Wai Ola program follows a strict Department of Health (DOH) approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). As a result\, the DOH readily accepts the Hui’s data\, and incorporates it into its reports and databases. \nEvery three weeks\, trained volunteers wade into knee deep water to gather ocean water samples from the 39 monitored locations in leeward Maui\, conducting evaluations of salinity\, water temperature\, dissolved oxygen\, pH and turbidity (sediment) at portable labs carried in the volunteersʻ cars. Additional analysis of the samples takes place in labs that are hosted pro bono by the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and Lahaina Luna High School. The samples are also frozen and shipped to the SOEST Analytical Laboratory on O‘ahu for additional analysis of nitrogen and phosphorous compounds. \nData is the First Step Toward Solving Maui’s Ocean Water Quality Issues
\nBy identifying where water is impaired and why\, the community can begin to identify the sources of the impairment. “For example\, when we find areas with high levels of nutrients\, we can look for upslope issues like chemically intensive landscape management practices or historic agricultural that impacts the ocean through runoff or via the groundwater\,” says Tova Callender\, Coordinator of the West Maui Ridge to Reef initiative. \nAll data collected by the Hui is made available to the public at HuiOKaWaiOla.com\, PacIOOS\, and Zenodo. The data has also been uploaded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s STORET database for use by State and Federal agencies. This volunteer-based citizen science water quality monitoring group’s data has been included in the State of Hawai‘i Clean Water Branch’s Integrated Report to the EPA\, “2018 State of Hawai‘i Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report”. \n“This community-based program is an excellent example of how people can organize to supplement the efforts of our hard-working State agencies\,” says Kim Falinski\, Marine Science Advisor for The Nature Conservancy. “Our program has paralleled State-collected data protocols and developed standards available for groups in Hawai‘i and beyond to adopt in creating similar programs.” \nThe Hui O Ka Wai Ola program is a partnership between the Maui Nui Marine Resources Council\, The Nature Conservancy\, and the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative\, and is supported by Maui County Office of Economic Development (OED)\, Hawai‘i Tourism Aloha ‘Āina Program\, North Beach West Maui Benefit Fund\, Napili Bay and Beach Foundation\, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation\, Lush Cosmetics\, The Makana Aloha Foundation\, Honua Kai West Maui Community Fund\, as well as individuals\, families and local businesses. To learn more\, please visit www.huiokawaiola.com or at www.mauireefs.org.
URL:https://www.mauireefs.org/event/report-west-maui-ocean-water-quality-%e2%80%a8be-provided-public-free-presentation-july-30/
LOCATION:Lahainaluna High School\, 980 Lahainaluna Rd\,\, Lahaina\, HI\, 96761\, United States
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