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T. `Aulani Wilhelm News Release 25 |
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NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLAND EXPEDITION COMES TO A CLOSE, RAPTURE RETURNS TO HONOLULU THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19 Tomorrow, at daybreak, the research vessel Rapture will return to Honolulu after her 30-day scientific expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The vessel is scheduled to arrive into Honolulu Harbor around 7:30 a.m. At 10:00 a.m., after the vessel clears U.S. Customs and an agricultural inspection, the principal investigators and key scientists will hold a brief news conference dockside at Snug Harbor. The inter-agency conference will be held by: Jim Maragos, chief scientist aboard the research vessel Rapture, USFWS Rusty Brainard, chief scientist aboard the NOAA ship Townsend Cromwell, NMFS Dave Gulko, co-principal investigator, DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources Alan Friedlander, fish survey co-team leader, Oceanic Institute Scott McClung, Captain, Certified Marine Expeditions Ryan Okano, marine botanist, UH Botany Department The following will be also by available for interviews: Bill Walsh, aquatic biologist, DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources Ralph De Felice, invertebrate zoologist, Bishop Museum David Johnson, USFWS Refuge Manager for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Gordon Nishida, Bishop Museum entomologist Michelle Harmon, physical scientist, National Ocean Service Daria Siciliano, doctoral student in hyperspectral remote sensing, University of California at Santa Cruz Lisa Wedding, UH Hilo student, young scientific diver Yuko Stender , Safety Diver |
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