44th International Sea Turtle Society Symposium
We’ve made recordings of the opening ceremony and plenary sessions from the recent 44th International Sea Turtle Society Symposium available below. Sharing these presentations extends their reach beyond the event held in Hawaii, enabling members and the broader community to engage with key discussions regardless of attendance. This initiative supports ongoing learning, knowledge exchange, and collaboration, while also creating a lasting resource for reference and teaching that helps advance sea turtle research and conservation.
00:04:28 - Plenary Introduction
00:14:27 - The Call of the Archipelago (Alphina Liusamoa)
00:20:09 - Perspective from Fiji (Karalaini Rereavosa)
00:27:01 - Perspective from Ulithi Atoll, Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia (Jessy R. Hapdei)
00:34:17 - Perspective from Palau (Ann Singeo)
00:41:09 - Community Perspectives from Molokai in Lifting the Ban on Honu Harvest (Uncle Mac Poepoe)
00:50:01 - Perspective from Kaʻū, Hawaii (Nohealani Kaʻawa)
01:00:56 - Audience and Panel Discussion
00:01:16 - What is Headstarting? (Jeffrey Seminoff)
00:07:36 - Sea Turtle Headstarting Programs in the United States (Brian Stacy)
00:17:42 - Headstarting Captive Green Turtles at the Cayman Turtle Conservationa and Education Centre (Vandanaa Baboolal)
00:27:23 - Use Your Head Before You Start (Selina Heppell)
00:39:40 - Population Modeling: Headstarting for Populations on the Brink (Anna Ortega)
00:51:25 - Conservation Needs and Headstarting in a Current Crisis (Michael Liles)
01:04:05 - Panel and Audience Discussion
00:01:42 - Plenary Introduction
00:15:50 - Beyond Recovery: The IUCN Red List Assessment Process and Implications of Sea Turtle De-listing for Conservation (Jeffrey Seminoff)
00:31:50 - Community-Based Sea Turtle Conservation in Brazil (Neca Marcovaldi)
00:47:18 - From Surviving to Sustaining: Building Equitable Models for Sea Turtle Conservation (Michelle Maria Early Capistrán)
01:00:24 - Audience and Panel Discussion
01:24:01 - Final Thoughts: Where we go from here









