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Sea Turtle

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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, showing Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) how to properly handle a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by George Balazs, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Diorama of Letherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a satellite tracking system transmitter, Juno Beach, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
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  • Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, educating public bystandards entertainingly on Sea Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), scanning for an existing microchip embedded in the flipper of Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Park Ranger and bystandards, observing a student from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) tracing an inscribed number with white house paint, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the epoxied sonic transmitter on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Volunteer gently handling loggerhead turtle hatchlings to feed, Caretta caretta, Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, Atlantic Ocean (c)
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice, his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) and a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting at the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Microchip loaded needle and its applicator, used at Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • child curiously watches a baby .hawksbill sea turtle getting cleaned .by a volunteer, Eretomochelys imbricata, .Marine Center of Juno Beach, Florida.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), inserting a microchip transmitter into a flipper of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice of Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, set aside to be released after extensive examination, tagging and marking process for U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • volunteer shows a baby .hawksbill sea turtle to a child, .Eretomochelys imbricata, .Marine Center of Juno Beach, Florida.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice, his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) and a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), helping Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting at the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap made by ancient Hawaiian, U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Children observing Green Sea Turtle and loggerhead turtle hatchlings, Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta, Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, Atlantic Ocean (c)
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  • Woman volunteer gently handling Green Sea Turtle hatchling to feed, Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta, Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida, Atlantic Ocean (c)
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, opening the mouth of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to find out the most recent food source, Sea Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the sonic transmitter epoxied on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • volunteers rub algae off from .green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, .Marine Center of Juno Beach, Florida
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, tracing the number with white house paint after inscribed with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • volunteers rub algae off from .green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, .Marine Center of Juno Beach, Florida.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), inscribing and painting a number on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, released after it was examined extensively, and then, a microchip transmitter was inserted into one of its flippers, a sonic transmitter was epoxied, and a number was inscribed and painted on its carapace (turtle shell), U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), weighing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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  • Park visitors, photographing tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the sonic transmitter epoxied on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S. Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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