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FAO adopts watered down protection measures

Editor — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:02:27 +0000

The FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) adopted a series of recommendations aimed at protecting monk seals from accidental entanglement in fishing gear at its 9-14 May 2011 session in Rome.

Recommendation GFCM/35/2011/5 on Fisheries Measures for the Conservation of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in the GFCM Competence Area calls Continue reading: FAO adopts watered down protection measures

Update from Papahānaumokuākea

Editor — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:48:08 +0000

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

The August 2010 monthly update provides the following information on Hawaiian monk seals from the FWS Papahānaumokuākea team:

Two Hawaiian monk seals in danger of entanglement, as they rest on a pile of derelict fishing gear. John Klavitter/USFWS

“Hawaiian Continue reading: Update from Papahānaumokuākea

Gillnet proves deadly for female monk seal

Editor — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:52:47 +0000

Press Watch, Honolulu Star Bulletin, April 16, 2010

A female monk seal, nicknamed Mikala, was found drowned Tuesday, wrapped in a gillnet off of Bellows Beach.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is investigating the apparent drowning of a 9 1/2 -month-old Hawaiian monk seal that was Continue reading: Gillnet proves deadly for female monk seal

Monachus Guardian published

Editor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:08:45 +0000

Just published: the November 2009 issue of The Monachus Guardian, the biannual electronic journal focusing on the Mediterranean, Hawaiian and Caribbean monk seals. The site can be accessed at http://www.monachus-guardian.org.

This issue features news and articles by some 30 authors from 13 countries from across the range of the genus, from Hawaii to Mauritania, Continue reading: Monachus Guardian published

Ocean trash problem ‘far from being solved,’ U.N. says

Editor — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:51 +0000

Press Watch — CNN, June 8, 2009

The world’s oceans are full of trash, causing “tremendous” negative impacts on coastal life and ecology, according to a U.N. report released Monday.

The oceans will continue to fill up with junk discarded from cities and boats without urgent action to address this buildup of marine debris, Continue reading: Ocean trash problem ‘far from being solved,’ U.N. says

Artemis found dead on Skiathos

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:10:25 +0000

Orphaned monk seal pup ‘Artemis’ has been found dead on Skiathos in the Northern Sporades.

The body was discovered on 14 May 2009, floating in Skiathos harbour. It was transferred the same day to Athens for necropsy, conducted by Prof. Dr. Thijs Kuiken, a veterinary pathologist specialising in marine mammals from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Continue reading: Artemis found dead on Skiathos

Monk Seals and Fishhooks

Editor — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:14:00 +0000

Image Gallery: Monk Seals and Fishhooks, Honolulu Advertiser, 6 May 2009. Images by Photos by ANDREW SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser.

The barbed fishing hook removed from Kermit, next to a non-barbed hook NOAA is encouraging fishers to use. NOAA is giving away free barbless Continue reading: Monk Seals and Fishhooks

Off the hook, Kermit the seal spends day basking in the sun

Editor — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:20:08 +0000

Press Watch — The Honolulu Advertiser, May 6, 2009

David Schofield, marine mammal response coordinator with NOAA Fisheries, holds up the barbed hook removed Sunday from Kermit the monk seal. NOAA Fisheries is asking fishermen to use nonbarbed fishhooks. ANDREW SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser

WAIKIKI — A Continue reading: Off the hook, Kermit the seal spends day basking in the sun