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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Weaned! The lives and questionable choices of Laysan’s youngest seals
By Hope Ronco, Helena Dodge, and Kristen Tovar Laysan Island has approximately 250 resident Hawaiian monk seals, which is the most of all the islands and atolls in the archipelago. When we arrived on island, one of our primary goals … Continue reading
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Tagged entanglement, Hawaiian monk seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, HMSRP, Laysan Island, marine mammal, monk seal, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, PIFSC
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It Takes Two: The Conservation Adventures of the Loneliest Monk Seal Camp
Keelan B. and Brittany D. comprised our monk seal team at Lisianski Island. This is the only camp that has only two field researchers making it critical that they get along and can work together. They had a busy season … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaii, Hawaiian monk seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, Lisianski, morbillivirus, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, PIFSC, Protected Species, PSD
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The Root of Everything: Teamwork and the Science of Counting Seals
Darren and his three campmates, Megan, Alix, and Caroline, spent their summer months at Pearl and Hermes Reef counting and saving monk seals. Darren shares a little bit about how we go about counting seals and estimating the population. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaii, Hawaiian monk seal, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, PIFSC, Protected Species, PSD
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The Beginning of the End…of the Season: The 19-day mission to recover monk seal field camps and save seals
This morning the sun rose into a clear blue sky, the wind gently tousled the flags on the ship’s masts, and the sea rolled slow and steady with barely a ripple on the surface. These are perfect conditions for our … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaii, Hawaiian monk seal, Hi`ialakai, HMSRP, Kure, monk seal, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, PIFSC, Protected Species
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How a Land-locked Teacher gets an A+ and Sea-Salty Memories for Life
By Amanda Bradford and Rachel Holton HICEAS Cruise Leader and PIFSC Young Scientist Opportunity Intern When Staci DeSchryver–an Oceanography, Meteorology, and Earth Science teacher at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, CO–starts her Oceanography class each year, she warns her … Continue reading
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Tagged #HICEAS2017, #PacIsCetaceans, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, dolphins, HICEAS, NMFS, NOAA, Oscar Elton Sette, PIFSC, Protected Species, PSD, Teacher at Sea, whales
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Rocky and Kaimana
Jessie Bohlander On June 29th, 2017, for reasons we will never know, Rocky (RH58), a 17 year old female Hawaiian monk seal decided to have her tenth pup at one of her favorite haul out sites on Oahu: Kaimana Beach, … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaiian monk seal, HMSRP, Kaimana, Kaimana Beach, monk seal, NMFS, NOAA, PIFSC, Rocky
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