4/10/2019 Day Two

Departure was at 0745 hours from the HPA upper campus.  We arrived at our destination at 0830 and set up our work area for doing measurements and drawing blood.
We worked until 1400 hours and then packed up and headed back to the lab where we had another 2 hours during which we processed the blood and tissue samples.  The green turtles at Puako are generally larger than those we encounter at Kiholo and they average about 55 cm straight carapace length.

4-10-19 92 Puako Beach Road, Puako

16 total captures

7 new captures

9 recaptures

Blood samples were drawn from 15 green turtles.

Below are images of the day at Puako and back in the laboratory.

Dr. Jones Oversees a student drawing a blood sample.

Laura Jim measures the curved carapace width of a captured honu.

The HPA team enjoys a glass of lemonade provided by Laura Jim.

Lunch time!

Dr. Allen demonstrates the technique used to draw a blood sample.

The HPA/NOAA team at the end of a successful tagging day.