Oceania
The MTSG’s Oceania region includes members that are working primarily or exclusively on marine turtle research and/or conservation throughout the Pacific Island nations and territories and Melanesia, from Papua New Guinea in the west through Hawaii in the east. A full list of included countries and territories is provided below.
Regional Vice Chairs
George Balazs (USA)
Denise Parker (USA)
Thierry Work (USA)
Shritika Prakash (Fiji)
Regional Reports from the Oceania Region
Countries & Territories Included
The MTSG’s Oceania Region encompasses members living or working in the following countries and territories:
- American Samoa (US) 
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US) 
- Cook Islands 
- Federated States of Micronesia 
- Fiji 
- French Polynesia (FR) 
- Guam (US) 
- Jarvis/Baker/Howland 
- Kiribati 
- Marshall Islands, Republic of 
- Nauru 
- New Caledonia (FR) 
- New Zealand 
- Niue 
- Palau 
- Palmyra 
- Papua New Guinea 
- Pitcairn Islands (UK) 
- Samoa 
- Solomon Islands 
- Tokelau (NZ) 
- Tonga 
- Tuvalu (UK) 
- United States of America (Hawaiian Islands) 
- Vanuatu 
- Wallis and Futuna (FR) 
