Innovative nests As climate change and human development degrade the quality and availability of breeding bird habitat, safe nesting sites for vulnerable species can be...
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Forage fish
Forage fishSmall fishes known as “forage fish,” such as anchovies and sardines, are vital to the health of our oceans. Seabird diets provide a valuable indicator of the...
Sustainable Fisheries: reducing seabird bycatch
Sustainable fisheries: reducing seabird bycatchWe research and implement mitigation measures to reduce threats from bycatch, the leading cause of seabird deaths around...
Seabird Bycatch Studies
Seabird Bycatch StudiesFisheries are important sources of employment, nutrition, and cultural value for communities around the globe. The impacts of fisheries in the...
University of Puget Sound
Washington: University of Puget Sound Based out of Dr. Peter Hodum’s Conservation Ecology Lab at the University of Puget Sound, Oikonos conducts research, education and...
Islands of the Salish Sea
Washington: Islands of the Salish Sea We conduct conservation-based research and community outreach in collaboration with government agencies and local communities to...
Islands of the Outer Coast
Pacific Northwest We partner with government agencies to study the ecology and population trends of seabirds to inform conservation planning and implement conservation...
Pelagicos lab at Oceanic Institute
Hawaii: Pelagicos lab at Oceanic Institute Focused at Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Pelagicos Lab, Oikonos coordinates a research and education partnership to study and...
Kure Atoll
Papahānaumokuākea At the oldest coral reef in the Hawaiian Archipelago, we partner with the State of Hawaii to learn, through research and education, how plastic...