NOAA and Partners Respond to Hooked Juvenile Seal R7AF
NOAA Fisheries and partners captured, treated, and released an injured juvenile male Hawaiian monk seal that ingested a fishing hook on January 22, 2022.
NOAA Fisheries, together with The Marine Mammal Center, Hawaii Marine Animal Response, and the U.S. Coast Guard, responded to hooked juvenile male Hawaiian monk seal R7AF (known previously as N2) at Hanauma Bay on January 27, 2022. The seal was flown to The Marine Mammal Center's Hawaiian monk seal hospital and visitor center, Ke Kai Ola, on Hawaiʻi Island, and treated for fishing gear ingestion. R7AF was released on Oʻahu on February 2, 2022.
NOAA and Hawaii Marine Animal Response prepare to release Hawaiian monk seal R7AF on Oʻahu on February 2, 2022. The seal...
Hawaiian monk seal R7AF exits a special seal carrier after NOAA and Hawaii Marine Animal Response released him on Oʻahu ...
(February 2, 2022) NOAA gave Hawaiian monk seal R7AF a set of flipper tags, labeled R7AF and R7AG, for identification an...
Hawaiian monk seal R7AF looks back after NOAA and Hawaii Marine Animal Response released him on Oʻahu on February 2, 202...
The veterinary team at The Marine Mammal Center removed a large barbed hook attached to 9 inches of wire leader line, an...
Dr. Gregg Levine (left), veterinarian at The Marine Mammal Center, and Megan McGinnis (right), Animal Programs Manager, ...
Megan McGinnis, Animal Programs Manager at The Marine Mammal Center’s Hawaiʻi Island based hospital, Ke Kai Ola, examine...
NOAA and response partner Hawaii Marine Animal Response capture a hooked juvenile Hawaiian monk seal at Hanauma Bay on J...
NOAA and response partner Hawaii Marine Animal Response use blue wooden shields called "crowding boards" to direct hooke...
Juvenile male Hawaiian monk seal R7AF (previously known as N2) with wire fishing leader and a large swivel protruding fr...
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