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.
Abilene Colin1, Tiare Sanchez1,2, Rene Pinal1, Juan José Pérez1
1Southern Baja California Association for the protection of the environment and sea turtles of Los Cabos(ASUPMATOMA)
2Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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
Regine Hui Yi Tiong1, Tomoko Hamabata2, Lyndsey Kiana Tanabe1, Aaron Espinosa1, Hie Lim Kim1
1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2Tohoku University, Japan
Victoria Quennessen1, Lisa M. Komoroske2, Mariana Fuentes3, Will White1
1Oregon State University, United States of America
2University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America
3Florida State University, United States of America
David Dor1, David Booth2, Lisa E. Schwanz1
1University of New South Wales, Australia
2University of Queensland
Dana Briscoe1, Larry Crowder1, George Balazs2, Jeffrey A. Seminoff3, Alberto Abreu-Grobois4, Philippe Gaspar5, Catherine Lee Hing1, Laura Jim6, Masanori Kurita7, Masanori Mori7, Denise M. Parker8, Marc R. Rice6, Tomomi Saito9, Bianca S. Santos1, Julien Temple-Boyer5, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz10, Noah Yamaguchi9, Jeffrey J. Polovina11
1Stanford University, United States of America
2Golden Honu Services of Oceania, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
3IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group
4Laboratorio de Genética, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
5Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France
6Hawai’i Preparatory Academy, Kamuela, Hawaii, United States
7Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Nagoya Port Foundation, Minato-ku, Nagoya, Japan
8Golden Honu Services of Oceania, Newport, Oregon, United States
9Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Tosa, Kochi, Japan
10NOAA-Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, United States
11NOAA-Retired, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Connie Ka Yan Ng
Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
Tony Candela1,2,3, Philippe Gaspar2, Jeanette Wyneken4, Emily Turla4, Hirun Kanghae5, Pinsak Suraswadi6, Stefano Caviatta2, Julien Temple-Boyer2, Fabrice Messal2, Jérome Gasperi2, George L. Shillinger1,7
1Upwell, Monterey, California, United State of America
2Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France
3Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre d’Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France
4FAU Marine Science Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
5Phuket Marine Biological Center, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Phuket, Thailand
6Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Bangkok, Thailand
7MigraMar, Bodega, California, United States of America
Naoto Inoue
Kobe University, Japan
Héctor Barrios-Garrido, Abdulrazaq Alatawi, Ali Algohane, Davide Panarese, Roxanne Whelan, Ricardo Ramalho
KAUST Beacon Development, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Kayla Evans1, Mikayla Newbrey1, Estefany Argueta1, Armando Barsante2, Blair Bentley1, Rafaely Nayanna3, J. Wilson White4, Mariana Fuentes2, Lisa M. Komoroske1
1University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
2Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
3Projecto TAMAR Fundação, Fernando De Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
4Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
Abigail Lewine1, Claudia Lombard2, Lawrence Wood3, Paul Jobsis1, Kelly Stewart4
1University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas, USVI
2US Fish and Wildlife Service, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI
3National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
4The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC USA
Sophia A. Coveney1, Tamsyn Uren Webster1, Sofia Consuegra1,2, Graeme C. Hays3, Nicole Esteban1
1Swansea University, United Kingdom
2Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (IIM-CSIC), Spain
3Deakin University, Australia
Yaniv Levy1,2, Guy Ivgy1, Shlomi Oz Piha1, Gaston Kan1, Itzhak Aizenberg1,3
1Israel’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center, Nature & Parks Authority, Beit Yanai National Park 4020000, Israel
2Marine Biology Department, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
3"Kol-Hai" Companion & Exotic Animal Hospital and Imaging Center, Rehovot, Israel
Elizabeth K. Schultheis1, Samantha Kuschke1,2,3, Jeanette Wyneken1
1Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
2Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
3Upwell, Monterey, CA USA
Armando J.B. Santos1, Joshua Cullen1,2, Rafaely Ventura3, Lisa M. Komoroske4, Will White5, Mariana Fuentes1
1Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 32304
2Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 95064
3Fundação Projeto Tamar, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil, 53990-000
4Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA, 01003
5Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Newport, OR, USA, 97365



