Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
(Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
Hawksbills

Documented: 4 hawksbills
​(click through their tabs below to find out more)
#PA-001 Baker (juvenile): 2003
#PA-002 Waver (juvenile): 2011
#PA-003 Reefer (juvenile): 2011
#PA-004 TBA (subadult): 2022 & 2023
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There is limited information available on the distribution and abundance of hawksbills in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument):

Van Houtan K.S., Kittinger J.N., Lawrence A.L., Yoshinaga C., Born V.R., and Fox A.  2012.  Hawksbill Sea Turtles in The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(1): 117-121.

*Click to view: http://www.chelonianjournals.org/doi/abs/10.2744/CCB-0984.1
  • #PA-001 Baker
  • #PA-002 Waver
  • #PA-003 Reefer
  • #PA-004 TBA
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"Baker" is a juvenile hawksbill who was photographed by Jason Baker in 2003 when he and Chad Yoshinaga rescued it from a net that had washed ashore at Pearl & Hermes.
"Waver" is a juvenile hawksbill (~45cm CCL) who was photographed at Laysan by Adam Fox in 2011 when it got washed ashore during a tsunami. 
"Reefer" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed at Midway by Ray Born in 2011.
"TBA" is a subadult hawksbill that has been photographed in 2022 & 2023:
2022: Keegan Rankin
​2023: Keegan Rankin & John Plissner