In 2015 some of the sea pens sampled were found to harbor larval redfish. Because there were also adult redfish in the shrimp survey tows, it was difficult to verify that larval fish were there because of an important biological phenomena or from spawning adults in the haul.
West Hawaiʻi Integrated Ecosystem Assessment studies the coastal ocean of West Hawaiʻi Island—a region inhabited by bright reef fish, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, bottomfish, and mysterious deep-sea creatures.
