by shera mercer | Blog, Conservation, Divers life, Jewelry Topics, Marine Life
The Tale of ‘Alohi Kai A little Hawaiian manta is not really little. Have you had a manta ray swim directly at you? Of course they have no teeth so its not like a shark, but they’re not small, that’s for sure. As I created the Hohonu by ‘Alohi...
by shera mercer | Blog, Conservation, Divers life, Marine Life, marinelife
I suspect many of you are like me in that the ocean has at least a bit of a hold on you.. Be it jumping in for a scuba dive, paddling around in the shallows or simply gazing on all that deep sapphire water, the ocean has a connection to and a magnetism for many of us....
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Bracelets, Conservation, Fishing Hooks
AUTHENTICITY. Now there’s a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its a little ironic in that despite its frequency as a word, it’s not all that common to find as a quality. Tricky thing this authenticity – being true to ones own...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(This is part IV of a IV part series on the Benefits of Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I, Part II and Part III) In my last post, we left off at the controversy of using barbless circle hooks. This post I wanted to take a closer look at the benefits of...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(This is part III of a IV part series on Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I and Part II) In my last post, I talked about my sadness in seeing so many large hooks in sharks and turtles around O’ahu. I’m told this also happens to our critically...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(This is part-II of a 4-part series on Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I) Fishing hooks. As with any controversial subject, there is a bit of complexity. For reasons of brevity I won’t be covering all the nuances that the topic undoubtedly could! Which...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(This is part I of a IV part series on barbless circle hooks) A photographer friend once asked me, is there a conflict between spearfishers and scuba divers? Some say they have competing interests – one is there to see things, the other to capture them –...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Divers life, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(blog from August 2015) (photo credit: Jim Abernethy) Before getting to ‘Why Sharks?” I wanted to say we are so happy to be included in Kikaha Magazine’s current issue! Kikaha is Island Air’s sumptuously photographed inflight magazine –...
