Hawksbills can write their own meal ticket. 45K JPEG Observations confirm that the hawksbills are cleaned by many of the same fish species as the honu, share honu resting sites, and sometimes even eat the same type of seaweed, H. musciformis , as shown here. On rare occasions, they even rest next to honu. There seems little doubt they're exposed to the same FP environ. Needless to say, we're monitoring these hawksbills closely.
Observations confirm that the hawksbills are cleaned by many of the same fish species as the honu.
To summarize, we know that turtles of all size classes have settled at Honokowai and stayed for years, some at least a decade, despite high nutrient loads and sporadic runoff events. Since 1989, Honokowai has seen an encouraging increase in the number of turtles. During our observation time, these animals have spread out, occupying two new congregation areas. We believe there's a strong possibility that if a youngster settling into Honokowai survives FP, it will mature there, migrate to the French Frigate Shoals and back during its reproductive years, age, and ultimately die at Honokowai. We're confident that one day the remarkable bond of the honu to their underwater home will be recorded in decades, not just years.