On Saturday, September 4, 2010, team “Hawaiian Monk Seal” from The Marine Mammal Center will compete in the Maui Channel Swim to support the Center’s efforts to raise funds to build an urgently needed hospital for monk seals in Kona. The female swimmers will join 52 teams Continue reading: Team “Hawaiian Monk Seal” in World’s Longest Open Water Relay Swim]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/27/team-hawaiian-monk-seal-in-worlds-longest-open-water-relay-swim/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/03/good-newsbad-news-for-hawaiian-monk-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/03/good-newsbad-news-for-hawaiian-monk-seals/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:08:37 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=915 Media Watch, Good news/bad news for Hawaiian monk seals, Earthsky.org, 3 August 2010

Jeff Walters is the Hawaiian monk seal recovery coordinator for NOAA Fisheries Service. Walters said that in the isolated northwest Hawaiian islands, the number of monk seals is declining by four percent every year. That’s the bad news. But the good Continue reading: Good news/bad news for Hawaiian monk seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/03/good-newsbad-news-for-hawaiian-monk-seals/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/facing-the-monachus-conspiracy/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/facing-the-monachus-conspiracy/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:37:40 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=909 Media Watch, Thomas Schultze-Westrum, EcoCommunications, August 1, 2010

Seals and coastal fishermen face identical threats, more than just the rapid depletion of fish resources by exploitive trawlers…

“Indiscriminate seal killers” …  With this unjust accusation against the coastal fishermen – our allies from the beginning – the Hellenic Society for the Study Continue reading: Facing the Monachus Conspiracy]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/facing-the-monachus-conspiracy/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/pit-bull-attacks-big-island-monk-seal/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/pit-bull-attacks-big-island-monk-seal/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:27:27 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=905 Media Watch, The National Parks of the Pacific Islands, July 31, 2010

The following report was received from the Hilo Marine Mammal Response Network:

Unfortunately, a monk seal was attacked by a Pit Bull earlier today (Friday, July 30) in the Kau region. Reports from the NOAA law enforcement agency say the attack lasted for about Continue reading: Pit Bull attacks Big Island monk seal]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/08/01/pit-bull-attacks-big-island-monk-seal/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/26/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%86%cf%8e%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b4%ce%ad%ce%bd%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/26/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%86%cf%8e%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b4%ce%ad%ce%bd%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:14:54 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=889 Press Watch, TO BHMA Online (ΝΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΣΑΠΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ), July 25, 2010

Η παρ΄ ολίγον ενδοκυβερνητική «κρίση» όταν η κυρία Τίνα Μπιρμπίλη ζήτησε από την κυρία Κατερίνα Μπατζελή να απαγορευθεί η αλιεία στις περιοχές όπου υπάρχουν φώκες

Η μεσογειακή φώκια, το συμπαθές αυτό προστατευόμενο θαλάσσιο θηλαστικό, ήλθε ξαφνικά μεσούντος του θέρους να ταράξει τα ήδη ταραγμένα Continue reading: Οι φώκες δεν είναι δέντρα…]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/26/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%86%cf%8e%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b4%ce%ad%ce%bd%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:21:51 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=811 by Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, MOm

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is the most endangered seal in the world and in urgent need of immediate and effective conservation and management measures. One of the key factors hampering recovery of this threatened species is the substantial lack of information on the animals’  biology and population Continue reading: First comprehensive genetic study of the Mediterranean monk seal in the eastern Mediterranean]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/feed/ 2 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/04/la-foca-monaca-ritorna-a-portofino/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/04/la-foca-monaca-ritorna-a-portofino/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:54:05 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=848 Press Watch, Area Marina Protetta Portofino, June 18, 2010

avvistato nelle acque della nostra Area Marina Protetta un esemplare adulto di Monachus monachus

Venerdì 18 giugno lo staff del diving center “Massub” ha avvistato e fotografato, nella zona B dell’Area Marina Protetta (AMP), un esemplare di foca monaca di poco meno di 2 metri Continue reading: La foca monaca ritorna a Portofino!]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/04/la-foca-monaca-ritorna-a-portofino/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/02/an-epidemic-of-killings/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/02/an-epidemic-of-killings/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:27:04 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=843 Editorial, The Monachus Guardian, June 2010

It is hard to imagine anyone not being moved by the tragic tale of ‘Markos’ – the young Mediterranean monk seal who was brought into intensive care, struggling for life, but horribly mutilated by the bullet that shattered his jaw and nasal cavity.

Possibly it was a blessing Continue reading: An epidemic of killings]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/02/an-epidemic-of-killings/feed/ 0