The Monachus Guardian – Headlines - News - Articles » human-seal interaction http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress Dedicated to Monk Seals and their Threatened Habitats Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/08/18/fishermen-oppose-extra-protections-for-hawaiian-monk-seals/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:32:52 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1836 Media Watch, Honolulu Civil Beat, 11 August 2011

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 Teenager fined $100 for slapping Hawaiian monk seal http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/24/teenager-fined-100-for-slapping-hawaiian-monk-seal/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/24/teenager-fined-100-for-slapping-hawaiian-monk-seal/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:57:58 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1806 Media Watch, Treehugger, 23 June 2011

Photo: Jared Wong / CC

Hawaiian monk seals have plenty to worry about these days, what with a sea full of hungry sharks and a long history of being hunted by humans — but now antics of rowdy teenagers has been added to Continue reading: Teenager fined $100 for slapping Hawaiian monk seal]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/06/24/teenager-fined-100-for-slapping-hawaiian-monk-seal/feed/ 1 Mother and pup visit Aegiali, Amorgos http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/30/mother-and-pup-visit-aegiali-amorgos/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/30/mother-and-pup-visit-aegiali-amorgos/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 11:19:39 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1706 On 26 May 2011,  a Mediterranean monk seal mother and her pup visited the harbour of Aegiali, on the Cycaldic island of Amorgos. “They stayed there for around three hours,” reports  Amorgos Island Magazine, were extremely friendly and played with people on Aegiali Beach.”

Continue reading: Mother and pup visit Aegiali, Amorgos]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/30/mother-and-pup-visit-aegiali-amorgos/feed/ 1 Desperate times, desperate measures… 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

James Watt / SeaPics / Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

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 Hawaiian monk seal scoping report available 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 Musings: Trails and Seals http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:10:26 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1443 Media Watch, Joan Conrow, KauaiEclectic, 26 January 2011

[...] After swimming at the northern end of the beach, I was heading back when I spotted four men and two women mugging an endangered Hawaiian monk seal that I’d previously seen sleeping peacefully among the rocks. The seal’s face was covered with a net, but Continue reading: Musings: Trails and Seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/feed/ 0 Police intervene to help Badem http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:28:58 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1355 Orphaned Mediterranean monk seal Badem, released from  summer captivity in November by her carers, SAD-AFAG, was soon sighted around the Datça Peninsula, according to various Turkish press reports. Although SAD-AFAG has stressed, and stressed again, the importance of avoiding contact with the rescued seal in order to help Badem lose her attachment to humans, Continue reading: Police intervene to help Badem]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/08/police-intervene-to-help-badem-sleep/feed/ 0 A Privilege to See http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/04/a-privilege-to-see/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/04/a-privilege-to-see/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:56:18 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1324 Media Watch, The National Parks of the Pacific Region, 4 December 2010

This video, a joint project of various agencies/organizations including NOAA, features members of Kauai’s Native Hawaiian community sharing their perspectives on the Hawaiian monk seal.

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