NOAA Fisheries and partners return three rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals to their home in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument March 22–25, 2023.
Follow the NOAA RICHARD mission as we map the ocean floor and deploy scientists to conduct coral reef assessments around American Sāmoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas.
Special guest biologist Mimi Olry joins the podcast to discuss her experiences working with Hawaiian monk seals on Kaua‘i—especially individual “monk seal moms.”
NOAA Fisheries, together with support from our partners, successfully relocated male Hawaiian monk seal pup RQ58 (Koalani) to a remote Oʻahu shoreline on August 19, 2022.
NOAA Fisheries and partners returned endangered Hawaiian monk seal RP92 to Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, on July 8, 2022. The seal was released after life-saving intervention to remove an ingested fishing hook.
Listen in to learn how surveys support seafood and fishing central to the Pacific Islands culture and economy, as well as how our scientists study, recover, and care for endangered Hawaiian monk seals.
