WEBVTT 00:01.879 --> 00:03.920 My name is Trevor Johansen . I'm a 00:03.930 --> 00:06.510 marine natural resources specialist and 00:06.519 --> 00:08.741 I work for N A fact , Hawaii , a lot of 00:08.741 --> 00:10.630 my job entails like environmental 00:10.630 --> 00:13.840 reviews , making sure that construction 00:13.850 --> 00:15.880 follows B MP S best management 00:15.890 --> 00:19.399 practices um to mitigate any harm that 00:19.409 --> 00:21.520 could happen to the natural resources 00:21.520 --> 00:23.631 here in Pearl Harbor with this turtle 00:23.631 --> 00:26.139 tagging project . Um I work with Doctor 00:26.149 --> 00:27.982 Alexander Gaus who's leading the 00:27.982 --> 00:30.899 project . Um And we 00:31.250 --> 00:33.889 formed an interagency agreement , so 00:33.900 --> 00:36.122 that's an agreement between two federal 00:36.122 --> 00:39.479 agencies . Um This was the , the start 00:39.490 --> 00:41.490 of the project and it was the first 00:41.490 --> 00:43.490 tagging that we were a part of that 00:43.490 --> 00:45.601 happened in February . And so they've 00:45.601 --> 00:47.657 been running for six or seven months 00:47.657 --> 00:51.529 now . Um that it took um 00:51.540 --> 00:55.029 six trips to the field with Alex and 00:55.040 --> 00:58.840 his team and they um kind of 00:58.849 --> 01:00.960 scouted around the harbor looking for 01:00.960 --> 01:03.849 turtles and then with their snorkel 01:03.860 --> 01:06.138 gear , you know , if they saw a turtle , 01:06.138 --> 01:08.360 they were able to jump in and grab it , 01:08.360 --> 01:10.582 bringing it in . And then we worked all 01:10.582 --> 01:12.693 the turtles here on the dock . Um And 01:12.693 --> 01:15.379 that just meant tagging them with um 01:15.389 --> 01:18.230 metal tags on their flippers that are 01:18.239 --> 01:20.529 numbered and then um putting the 01:20.540 --> 01:24.099 satellite tags on as well . So once all 01:24.110 --> 01:28.040 the um , tags stop deploying data , 01:28.160 --> 01:30.300 which should be maybe in about a year 01:30.309 --> 01:32.819 is their general life span for a tag . 01:33.069 --> 01:36.650 Um Then we can do like a , a final 01:36.660 --> 01:39.610 analysis of , of the home ranges like I 01:39.620 --> 01:42.120 mentioned for turtles and see how the 01:42.129 --> 01:44.351 turtles are using the harbor , which is 01:44.351 --> 01:47.569 really what we need to know because um 01:47.580 --> 01:49.980 as the dod , the Department of Defense , 01:49.989 --> 01:52.809 we are charged by Congress to manage 01:52.819 --> 01:56.190 our resources . Um And so part of that 01:56.199 --> 01:58.255 is under standing , you know how the 01:58.255 --> 02:00.623 turtles are using Pearl Harbor , so 02:00.633 --> 02:02.744 that hopefully we can try to mitigate 02:02.744 --> 02:04.911 any negative impacts that we're having 02:04.911 --> 02:07.443 on the green sea turtles here . They 02:07.453 --> 02:10.192 found some really interesting findings 02:10.203 --> 02:12.692 so far where two of those turtles that 02:12.703 --> 02:14.647 were tagged have actually left the 02:14.652 --> 02:17.723 harbor and one is traveling around the 02:17.733 --> 02:20.395 Hawaiian Islands , it went straight 02:20.406 --> 02:22.906 from Pearl Harbor to Molokai and Koala 02:23.645 --> 02:25.701 and then it went all the way over to 02:25.701 --> 02:27.867 Kawai and is currently swimming around 02:27.867 --> 02:30.089 Niki . How so that's really interesting 02:30.089 --> 02:32.201 to see , you know , the , the turtles 02:32.201 --> 02:34.312 here and um where they're moving . Um 02:34.312 --> 02:35.923 If you're interested in more 02:35.923 --> 02:38.089 information , you can go to the Noah's 02:38.089 --> 02:40.312 fishery website . They do a really good 02:40.312 --> 02:40.175 job of sharing all the really great 02:40.186 --> 02:41.436 science that they do here .