Field Log: July 2024 Lāna‘i field project

We are planning a ~2-week field effort off Lāna‘i in July, starting ~July 6th. This will be our first field effort off Lāna‘i since December 2020 and our first mid-summer field effort there. Why Lāna‘i? The area west and southwest of the island is the best accessible location around the main Hawaiian Islands to encounter Cluster 4 … Read more

Field Log: November 2021 Hawai‘i Island field project

We have a 2-week field project off of Kona starting November 2nd. Although our primary goals for the project involve working with false killer whales, both pelagic and insular, we’ll be working with all species of odontocetes we encounter, using a variety of methods (photo-ID, biopsy sampling, drone photogrammetry, and satellite tagging) to learn more … Read more

Field Log: December 2020 Maui Nui field project

In December 2020 we are undertaking a 16-day field effort in the Maui Nui region, in collaboration with the Scripps Acoustic Ecology Laboratory and the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. This is our ninth year of field work in the Maui Nui area since this research effort started there in 2000, and the fourth time we’ve been based off the … Read more

Field Log: February 2020 Kaua‘i Field Project

Cascadia Research will be undertaking a field project off the island of Kaua‘i starting on February 6th. This will be the start of the 21st year of our Hawaiʻi research effort, our 12th year of working off the island since our first trip here in 2003, and our 17th field project off Kaua‘i (our last … Read more

Field Log: March 2019 Maui project

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – 14:36 Cascadia Research’s first Hawai’i field project of 2019 was based off Maui, from March 11-17, 2019. This project was the start of the 20th consecutive year of this study on Hawaiian odontocetes, although this effort was a bit different from most, as we were spending a lot of time also working with … Read more

Field Log: November 2018 Hawai’i Island project

Sunday, November 18, 2018 – 11:52 Cascadia Research will be undertaking a field project off the island of Hawai‘i from November 4-17, 2018, our second major project off the island this year. This project is funded by a grant from the Tides Foundation and by a grant from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The main objective of the … Read more