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Nearshore Fisheries and Interactions with Hawaiian Monk Seals

Learn best practices for reducing injuries to monk seals when spearfishing, shorecasting, and gillnet fishing.

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A Hawaiian monk seal rests on the beach at the edge of the waves with a small, darker pup by her side. Female Hawaiian monk seal RO28, one of the “monk seal matriarchs,” and her pup on Kaua‘i. Credit: Val Bloy
Oceanic whitetip shark swimming in the open ocean. Oceanic whitetip sharks, so named for the patch of white on their dorsal fins, are a threatened species. Credit: Andy Mann.