After 5 years of development activity, Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response (HMAR) has opened our new HMAR Care Center. The HMAR Care Center is the only full-time sea turtle emergency care and rehabilitation center on Oʻahu. Oʻahu bears the brunt of the majority of sea turtle strandings in Hawaiʻi - about 75% of our state's total each year. So our new HMAR Care Center plays an important role in the conservation and recovery of sea turtles in Hawaiʻi. In addition to our Hawaiian monk seal, sea turtle and seabird response, rescue and stranding support activity, our HMAR Care Center is a natural extension to the many marine protected species and ocean conservation programs that HMAR has maintained throughout our history of operations.