PSD Outreach
On April 17, 2004, Brenda Becker and Maire Cahoon hosted a Hawaiian monk seal outreach booth at the Kids Earth Day Fair at the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange. Photographs courtesy of Rebecca Hommon, Regional Counsel of the Commander Navy Region Hawaii and member of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Team.
On March 6, 2004, Brenda Becker and Charles Littnan presented posters at the Hanauma Bay Marine Conservation Night, cosponsored by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program and NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Article and photos of the event may be found in the March 17, 2004 edition of the "Midweek Islander."
- Charles Littnan: (coauthored with Bradley Ryon of the Pacific Islands Regional Office) "Hawaiian monk seal: research, management, and conservation of an endangered species.
- Brenda Becker: (co-authored by Jason Baker, Bert Harting, and Thea Johanos) "Non-metrical photo-identification system for the Hawaiian monk seal."
On February 19, 2004, Chad Yoshinaga traveled to Hilo, Hawaii to give a presentation on Hawaiian monk seal at the Mokupapapa Discovery Center for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve.
On February 16, 2004, contract veterinarian Dr. Robert Braun and Bud Antonelis gave a presentation on the Foraging Ecology/Epidemiology Study at the Lihue Public Library on Kauai as part of the "Main Hawaiian Islands Roadshow&Quot; outreach project.