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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources are asking the public to keep their distance from nesting sea turtles.
Honu, or green sea turtles, honu‘ea, or hawksbill sea turtles, and olive ridley sea turtles are all endangered and nest on Hawaii beaches.
There are nearly 100 honu nests and an additional 44 honu‘ea nests across the state. Authorities have seen a rise in nests in the past few years, especially on O‘ahu.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Credit U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Only a handful were documented in 2016, but 10 were found in 2019 and 58 in 2020. And 2021 is already on pace to surpass last year’s count.
Harassing or disrupting a sea turtle or their nest can result in significant penalties, including fines of up to $100,000 and imprisonment of up to one year.
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DLNR/USFWS JOINT NEWS RELEASE: ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN YELLOW-FACED BEES THREATENED BY INVASIVE ANTS
Posted on Jan 28, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Honolulu) – Researchers with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Islands Coastal Program (USFWS) have discovered the endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bee, (
Hylaeus anthracinus) is being threatened by invasive ants. These findings are the subject of a new paper being published in the open-access journal,
NeoBiota.
Invasive species such as ants have adverse, often catastrophic impacts on Hawaiian ecosystems and wildlife, including native insects like Hawaiian yellow-faced bees. This happens by way of direct predation and indirectly via competition. The USFWS Pacific Islands Coastal Program and DLNR are working collaboratively to understa