Environment Hawaii

Volume 18, Number 10 April 2008

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

A New High and Low: First, the good news: In 2007, 14 endangered Hawaiian monk seal pups were born in the Main Hawaiian Islands, the highest number on record.

The bad news is that the monk seal population in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, where a vast majority of the seals live, continues to decline and now includes fewer than 1,000 individuals. What’s more, the fact that juvenile seals there are not surviving to adulthood bodes poorly for future reproduction.

-- Teresa Dawson

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Environment Hawaii Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center monk seal recovery team NWHI Midway Laysan Pearl and Hermes Kure French Frigate Shoals Lisianski juveniles sub-adult pup Hawaii Institute of Marin Biology Greta Aeby coral Land Board fine contested case KAHEA Hawaiian-Environmental Allicance Marti Townsend Paphanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Natural Area Reserve Poamoho Oahu Emma Yuen aha kiole advisory committee William Aila Mahealani Cypher Koolaupoko



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	*Volume 18, Number 10 April 2008* NEW AND NOTEWORTHY A New High and Low: First, the good news: In 2007, 14 endangered Hawaiian monk seal pups were born in the Main Hawaiian Islands, the highest number on record. The bad news is that the monk seal population in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, where a vast majority of the seals live, continues to decline and now includes fewer than 1,000 individuals. What’s more, the fact that juvenile seals there are not surviving to adulthood bodes poorly for future reproduction. *-- Teresa Dawson* To read the full article click here. Article Keywords Environment Hawaii Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center monk seal recovery team NWHI Midway Laysan Pearl and Hermes Kure French Frigate Shoals Lisianski juveniles sub-adult pup Hawaii Institute of Marin Biology Greta Aeby coral Land Board fine contested case KAHEA Hawaiian-Environmental Allicance Marti Townsend Paphanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Natural Area Reserve Poamoho Oahu Emma Yuen aha kiole advisory committee William Aila Mahealani Cypher Koolaupoko
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