Electronic Tracking for Marine Resource Management Carl Meyer Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Tools: Telemetry Transmitters Acoustic Satellite
Hawaiian Archipelago Acoustic Array Photo: Luiz Rocha
SATELLITE TAGS (N=5) ACOUSTIC TAGS (N=30)
Number of Fish Detected Date
Uku – Tidal Movements
Reef Fish Movements at MPA sites – Kealakekua Bay MLCD Study funded by UH Sea Grant, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (1) Long-term residents? (2) Frequency of boundary crossing? (3) Habitat breaks = natural barriers? Questions:
Shark Ecotourism – North Shore Oahu (1) Public safety implications? (2) Ecological impacts? Questions: Supported by Hawaii Shark Encounters & North Shore Shark Adventures
Shark Ecotourism – North Shore Oahu
Shark Feeding – pH Transmitter Yannis Papastamatiou, PhD Candidate
(1) Increase monitoring coverage and fill gaps in network (2) Integration with physical oceanography (3) Development and testing of new sensor technologies Future directions?