Hana ʻo St. Croix Leatherback Project i nā papahana e hana ana i ka mālama ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā honu kai ma nā kahakai pūnana ma ka Caribbean a me ka Pākīpika Mekiko. Ke hoʻohana nei i nā genetics, hana mākou e pane i nā nīnau e pono ai no ka hoʻokele - e like me ka makahiki leatherback a hiki i ke oʻo ʻana, ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hui ʻohana a me ka nui o ka makua kāne, a me ka hatching a me ka kūleʻa pūnana. Hana pū mākou i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hopena o ka lawaiʻa ma nā kaiaola kai ma ka ʻike ʻana i ka heluna kumu no nā manu kuhukukū i lawe ʻia (bycatch) ma nā lawaiʻa a puni ka honua, a ʻo nā mea kokoke i ʻAmelika.
Hana ʻia kā mākou noiʻi ma ka pilina pili me ka Marine Turtle Genetics Program ma Southwest Fisheries Science Center ma La Jolla, CA (NOAA-NMFS). Hana pū mākou me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hoa he nui no ka pale ʻana i nā honu leatherback (nesting and hatchling turtles) ma Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (St. Croix, VI) a kākoʻo i nā haumāna i ka wā mua o kā lākou ʻoihana biology moana i loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike kahua a hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike. nā haʻawina kūʻokoʻa ma nā hālāwai kūkā. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka papahana e Kelly R. Stewart, PhD.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ke kālā a me nā kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e:
No ka uku ʻana iā St. Croix Leatherback Project, kaomi ma aneʻi.