Big-Time Mahalos

LAIP summer interns counting and measuring seine contents.

New posts are coming soon, but in the meantime I would like to say Mahalo nui to the interns of Laulima A 'Ike Pono ("Working Together for the Collective Vision") for their help in the field this summer and fall. They have been helping me measure crab and fish abundances, catch Thalamita crabs for stable isotope analysis, and collect invasive limu and MPB. LAIP is a program created by Drs. Judy Lemus and Flo Thomas at HIMB to give students a comprehensive place-based research experience: in addition to training in contemporary oceanographic sampling techniques, LAIP interns receive a cultural and historical education on the fishpond. The LAIP interns have been awesome, and it's been an utter joy to work with them! We collected ~80 algae samples today, and next week we'll do seines for crabs and shrimp.