Dates: December 4 – December 18, 2018 Divers: Chris Sullivan, Nicole Pedersen, Lindsay Bonito, Alice Lawrence Lead Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Partners: Government of Samoa – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) & American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources Coral Reef Advisory Group (DMWR/CRAG) [su_document url=”https://100islandchallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Samoa-2018_CruiseReport_20180321.pdf” height=”900″]
Palmyra – 2018
Dates: October 12 – November 2, 2018 Divers: Dr. Jennifer Smith, Clint Edwards, Samantha Clements, Shreya Yadav (UH) Lead Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Partner Agencies: The Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife
American Samoa, Line Islands, and Pacific Remote Islands – 2018
Dates: May 31-June 22 (Leg 1), June 27-July 18 (Leg 2), July 23- August 19 (Leg 3), 2018 Divers: Chris Sullivan (Leg 1), Sam Clements (Leg 2), Nicole Pedersen (Leg 3) Lead Organization: NOAA PIFSC ESD Collaborators: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Taiwan – 2018
Dates: July 21 – August 19, 2018 Divers: Dr. Stuart Sandin, Dr. Brian Zgliczynski, Lindsay Bonito, Sho Kodera, Chris Sullivan, Ben Frable Lead Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Partners: National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Dongsha Atoll Research Station (DARS), Tunghai University, Green Island Marine Research Station, Academia Sinica, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
Pohnpei, Ant & Pakin – 2018
Dates: August 8 – 19, 2018 Divers: Dr. Stuart Sandin, Dr. Mark Vermeij, Dr. Noah Ben-Aderet & Rich Walsh (photo credit) Lead Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Partners: OneReef, Conservation Society of Pohnpei, CARMABI