44th International Sea Turtle Society Symposium: Oral Presentation Videos
The recordings below come out of a pilot initiative launched at the 44th ISTS Symposium in Kona, Hawai'i, made possible through a partnership with Wild Earth Allies. With a shared commitment to equity and access, presenters were invited to opt in to having their oral presentations recorded so that the ideas, research, and stories from the symposium could reach colleagues around the world - not just those who were able to attend in person.
We are grateful to everyone who chose to share their work in this way. These videos are intended for non-commercial use. We hope they serve as a lasting resource for training, teaching, outreach, and inspiration long after the symposium wrapped up in Hawai'i.
Carlos Mario Pacheco Turcios1, Luis Gerardo Ruano Polanco1, Melissa Ivette Valle Linares1, Ana Vilma Henriquez Pocasangre1, José Urteaga2, Vincent Gravez2, Blanca Nohemi Ramirez1, Juan Francisco Benitez Alvarez1, Yovani Alberto Guerrero Ortiz1, Marvin Ernesto Pineda Menjívar1, Sofía Beatriz Chavarría Pérez1, Andrea Giselle Zelaya Guevara1, Ramón Neftaly Sánchez Romero1, Liliana Isabel Rivera Mendez1
1Asociación ProCosta, El Salvador
2Wild Earth Allies
Ellie Weir1, Amanda Bates1, Claudio Quesada2
1University of Victoria, Canada
2Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica
Andrea Kraetzer1,2, Cindy Vargas1,2, Kayla Burgher1,2, Juan Pablo Cuevas Amador3, Felipe Cuevas Amador3, Jesse F. Senko2,4
1School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
2School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
3El Pardito Fishing Community, Isla El Pardito, La Paz, BCS, Mexico
4School of Conservation Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Jamie Clark1,2, Larisa Avens3, Matthew Godfrey4,5,6, Heather Haas7, Melissa Cook8, Brian Stacy9, Matthew Ramirez1,2
1Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
2Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
3Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
4North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, NC, 28516 United States
5Duke Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
6Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
7Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
8National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Pascagoula Laboratory, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
9National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Holly J. Stokes1, Graeme C. Hays2, Kimberley L. Stokes1, Nicole Esteban1
1Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP
2Deakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Estefany Argueta1, Blair Bentley1, Jamie Adkins1, Mikayla Newbrey1, Kayla Evans1, Armando Barsante2, Cintia Miranda3, Gustavo D. Stahelin3, Christina Coppenrath1, J. Wilson White4, Mariana Fuentes2, Lisa M. Komoroske1
1University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America
2Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
3Fundação Projeto TAMAR, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
4Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
Bryan P. Wallace1, Dennis Sammy2, Teal Guetschow3, La Daana K. Kanhai4, Christopher Ragobar5, Alana Jute6, Zaheer Hosein4, Rosemarie Kishore6, Eric Diaddorio7, Don-Miguel Kamron Pavy2, Don-Miguel Pavy2
1Ecolibrium, Inc, USA
2Future Fishers, Trinidad and Tobago
3Arizona State University, USA
4University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
5Environmental Management Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
6Institute for Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
7Fisheries Specialist, Greenville, North Carolina
Luis Angel Rojas Cruz1, Pedro Fabián Carrasco Leandro1, Kelvin Saint García Martínez1, Patricia Hernández López2, Mónica Franco Ortíz1, José Darinel Díaz Barrios2
1COSTASALVAJE/WILDCOAST, Mexico
2Santuario Playa Chacahua-Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
Marco Garcia Cruz1,2,3, Karen A. Bjorndal2, Alan B. Bolten2, Luis Cardona4, Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark5,6, Edlin Guerra-Castro7, Hannah Vander Zanden2
1SHAMS. The General Organization for the conservation of coral reef and turtles in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
2Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
3ProOcean: Marine Research Conservation & Innovation
4IRBio and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Science, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
5Animal Care Sciences, Smithsonian National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute, MRC 5507, Washington DC 20013, USA
6School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
7CONACYT - Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Puerto de Abrigo s/n, Sisal, Yucatán, México. C.P. 97355
Kelvin Saint García Martínez1, Luis Angel Rojas Cruz1, Mónica Franco Ortíz1, Angel Guillermo Gonzalez Padilla2
1COSTASALVAJE
2CONANP
Thushan Kapurusinghe, Himali Purnima, Sanduni De Silva
Turtle Conservation Project, Sri Lanka
Salanieta Kitolelei1,2, Alisi Soderberg1, Nemillie Qaqara1, Shritika S. Prakash1,3, Malakai Tuiono1, Joeli Veitayaki1, Susanna Piovano1
1The University of the South Pacific
2Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
3Ika Bula Consultants
Josefa B. Munoz1,2, Alexander Gaos2, Devin Johnson2, Camryn Allen2, Tammy M. Summers3, Jessy R. Hapdei4, Cristian M. Cayanan3,5, Shelbie Ishimaru1,2, Addie R.Q. Ferguson6, Jennifer Cruce Horeg7, Anjelica Perez7, T. Todd Jones2, Summer Martin2
1University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Research
2NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
3U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
4Jessy's Tag Services
5Guam Department of Agriculture, Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources
6Loggerhead Marinelife Center
7U.S. Navy, Joint Region Marianas - Naval Base Guam
Jasmine Abe1,2, Kayla Burgher1,2, Teagan Keating2, Larisa Avens3, Wendy Piniak4, Emily Bowen1,2, Jesse F. Senko2,5
1Arizona State University, United States of America
2School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America
3NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort, NC, United States of America
4NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, Beaufort, NC, United States of America
5School of Conservation Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America
Alexander Gaos1, John Wang1, T. Todd Jones1, Christopher Sasso2, Larisa Avens2, Heather Haas3, Samir Patel4, Summer Martin1, Brian Stacy5
1NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
2NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
3NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
4Coonamesset Farm Foundation, Inc.
5NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources
Juan José Alava1,2, Paige Hopkins3, Marcia Moreno-Báez3
1School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
2Fundación Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamíferos Marinos (FEMM), Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador
3Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Mitchell Rider1, Larisa Avens2, Daniel Evans3, Heather Haas4, Samir Patel5, Christopher Sasso2
1Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, United States of America
2NOAA Fisheries, SEFSC, United States of America
3Sea Turtle Conservancy, United States of America
4NOAA Fisheries, NEFSC, United States of America
5Coonamessett Farm Foundation, United States of America
Shandell M. Brunson1, Alison J. Meeth1, Trevor L. Proctor1, Jan Vicente2, Kuʻulei Rodgers2, Donna Brown3, Celia Smith1, T. Todd Jones4, Summer Martin4, Camryn Allen4, Alexander Gaos4, Shaya Honarvar1,5, Cynthia L. Hunter1
1University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, School of Life Sciences, Honolulu, HI, USA
2University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, HI, USA
3University of Hawaiʻi, Maui College, Kahului, HI, USA
4Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Honolulu, HI, USA
5Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96822, USA
