Marine Option Program Final Report for Internship with the Juvenile Hammerhead Shark Feeding Study

Kaneohe Bay is an i;nportant nursery site for the Hawafi scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, and as such is the perfect site for the study of juvenile hammerheads. Through a number of research projects, students and faculty at the Hawai'i Institute for Marine Biology on Coconut Island in the Bay have sought to learn more about hammerhead and other shark populations. One specific study, conducted by Kanesa Duncan, a zoology Ph. D student, addressed the issues of ration size and the efficiency of energy conversion in juvenile hammerheads. As a field assistant on this project 1 conducted basic duties including feeding of sharks, maintenance of tanks and equipment, and recording of scientific data. Throughout this project 1 worked to achieve several goals including: (I) to gain experience in a marine science setting; (2) to meet people in the marine field; (3) to lear