


Read about this week's enforcement actions from around the country.
A Special Agent responded to the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (Honolulu, Hawaii) in response to a passenger arriving from Fiji with a cetacean vertebra. The passenger claimed to have found the vertebra washed up on a beach in Fiji and subsequently retained it as a souvenir. The vertebra appeared to have been bleached prior to arrival. The passenger voluntarily abandoned the vertebra and was allowed to continue onward to his home in Canada.
A Supervisory Enforcement Officer, while off duty, observed a large mass of fishing net washed ashore at Black Sand Beach in Waianapanapa State Park on the Island of Maui. The marine debris was reported to DOCARE.
A Supervisory Enforcement Officer and Assistant Special Agent in Charge conducted an ESA land patrol to Hookipa State Park. They spoke with a sea turtle volunteer and monitored for any interactions between the tourists and the turtles. Large numbers of sea turtles congregate on the beach here throughout the year. No violations were observed.