Marine Conservation
The Callie Mae Sea Foundation partnered with French Hermit Oysters, C. Cenac & Co., the University of Southern Mississippi, and many other community members to build a living shoreline on private property in Back Bay. WLOX and the Sun Herald were present for placement of the living shoreline, and the news story and newspaper article […]
What is the most difficult word you have ever tried to pronounce? We are pretty sure that the Hawaiian name of the reef triggerfish will give it a run for its money! The state fish of Hawai’i is the reef triggerfish, Rhinecanthus rectangulus, and its Hawaiian name is humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa. Try saying that one three times […]
One of the Weirdest Sharks in the ocean, the goblin shark is one of the weirdest sea creatures that lurks beneath the surface!
Aloha! The Callie Mae Sea Foundation conducted a small-scale microplastics sampling study at six O’ahu beaches in April/May 2021, and we wanted to share some of our preliminary study results with you! The map below (Figure 1) shows our six sampling locations, which you can see are spread out along the coast of O’ahu. One […]
We have some exciting news here at the Callie Mae Sea Foundation: our lead scientist Dr. Schweiss recently published a chapter of her dissertation on oyster reef restoration. This publication focused on manipulative lab experiments run to better understand trophic (i.e. feeding) relationships on oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about […]
Honu is the Hawaiian word for sea turtles. Did you know that even though green sea turtles are endangered, snorkelers and divers commonly see them around shallow reefs on the Hawaiian Islands? We are not sure if these two amazing creatures in the photo knew it was World Sea Turtle Day or if they just […]