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Composer Logyn Okuda returns to Classical Pacific with updates on his career, orchestrating for composer Michael Giacchino on Butterfly, The Fantastic Four, and most recently, the upcoming Zootopia 2. Okuda will back home in the islands this week as one of 5 Hawai`i composers featured in the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs Symphony of the Hawai`i Seas. https://www.logynokuda.commyhso.org

Composer in Residence of the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra, Michael-Thomas Foumai brings his favorite music for the Ocean as we celebrate our Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs Symphony of the Hawai`i Seas. The multi-media concert features Hawai`i Composers Takuma Itoh, Justin Park, Logyn Okuda, and Foumai. Foumaiʻs Playlist:Alan Menken: Under the Sea, from The Little MermaidJohn Williams: Theme, from JawsJames Newton Howard: The Hand of Fate Part 2, from SignsJames Newton Howard: Prologue, from Lady in the Watermyhso.org

"Many endangered species and threatened habitats continue to decline despite laws and treaties meant to protect them. A love for the ocean, committing to itʻs protcetion, and implementing practical solutions are all needed. And who better to share this with the world and the worldʻs leaders, than the people of Pacific Islands?"Todayʻs Classical Conservation Conversation is paired with music by Gabriel Olafs, "Whale Overture"

Justin Park is a composer based in California, and is one of five Hawai`i Composers featured this week with the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra. The Kamehameha Schools - Kapalama and Berklee College of Music graduate says that writing music is rewarding, and hopes that as we listen to the "Symphony of the Hawai`i Seas," that we will remember our experiences being in the ocean, and that it will spark inspiration to make our environment a better place to live in.https://www.justinparkmusic.commyhso.org

A comprehensive survey of Hawaiʻi’s nearshore ocean water quality has just been completed by a team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Using a fleet of autonomous sailboat-like vehicles known as Saildrone Explorers equipped with sensors, researchers were able to survey more than 20,000 nautical miles of Hawaiian waters.

A tiny marine species called the Hawaiian bobtail squid is full of big surprises. The invertebrates are native and endemic to Hawaiʻi and live in shallow reef flats. They’re reddish or brown in color, have eight arms and might call to mind a baby squid or octopus. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol spoke with a researcher working to unveil some of their mysteries.

The state Department of Health has fined the City and County of Honolulu more than $434,000 for discharging liquid waste exceeding permit limits from its wastewater treatment plant into Kailua Bay. The DOH said the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant showed levels exceeding permits for enterococci bacteria, an indicator of fecal material in water.

Gov. Josh Green has signed a law that gives the state Department of Transportation the ability to delay or deny entry and departure for any vessel that is known to have engaged in illegal deep-sea activity. The extraction and excavation of materials through deep-sea mining pose potentially serious threats to environmental and human health. HPR's Taylor Nāhulukeaokalani Cozloff has more.

Three Saildrone Explorers, uncrewed surface vehicles used to measure ocean data, embarked on a six-month journey around Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi to evaluate ocean health across the state.

Members of the navigation team will help to create a management plan for Maui’s nearshore waters.