Hawaiian monk seals and local fishermen haven’t been getting along very well. And fishermen aren’t happy about a proposal to extend a conservation zone around the main Hawaiian islands to further protect the endangered species.

This was the message conveyed to representatives of the National Oceanic Continue reading: Fishermen oppose extra protections for Hawaiian monk seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/08/18/fishermen-oppose-extra-protections-for-hawaiian-monk-seals/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/23/fisheries-commission-adopts-watered-down-protection-measures/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/23/fisheries-commission-adopts-watered-down-protection-measures/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:02:27 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1795 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]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/23/fisheries-commission-adopts-watered-down-protection-measures/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/22/desperate-times-desperate-measures/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/22/desperate-times-desperate-measures/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 11:41:01 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1691 Media Watch, The Huffington Post (Audry McAvoy, Associated Press), 21 May 2011

Federal biologists scouring for ways to spare the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal from extinction are embracing a desperate if unorthodox strategy: They want to pluck seal Continue reading: Desperate times, desperate measures…]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/22/desperate-times-desperate-measures/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:31:34 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1453 NOAA announcement, 1 February 2011

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) has published the Scoping Summary Report for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS, which presents a public record and summary of the scoping activities that occurred from October 1, 2010 through November Continue reading: Hawaiian monk seal scoping report available]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/21/monk-seal-and-hump-backed-dolphin-are-threatened-by-fishing-activities-off-coast-of-mauritania/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/21/monk-seal-and-hump-backed-dolphin-are-threatened-by-fishing-activities-off-coast-of-mauritania/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:33:20 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1434 Media Watch, Plataforma SINC, Press Release, 21 January 2011

Catalan researchers have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being Continue reading: Monk seal and hump-backed dolphin are threatened by fishing activities off coast of Mauritania]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/21/monk-seal-and-hump-backed-dolphin-are-threatened-by-fishing-activities-off-coast-of-mauritania/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/11/13/save-our-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/11/13/save-our-seals/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:56:26 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1169 Media Watch, The Molokai Dispatch, 11 November 2010

With a dwindling Hawaiian monk seal population, federal officials are proposing a new plan to improve the survival of the endangered species. However, some Molokai fishermen say they are worried the plan could come at their expense.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is preparing a Continue reading: Save Our Seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/11/13/save-our-seals/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/10/14/paid-not-to-fish/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/10/14/paid-not-to-fish/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:50:46 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1085 Media Watch, Christopher Pala, Honolulu Weekly, 13 October 2010

Some folks made a killing depleting the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Wait ‘til you see how much they’ll make not to fish there anymore.

The news came innocuously enough, in a press release earlier this year from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. As a Continue reading: Paid not to fish]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/10/14/paid-not-to-fish/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