1976: Kaua`i, death by entanglement in gill net
1986: Necker, death by entanglement in a bridle rope of a lobster trap
1994: O`ahu’s west shore, death by entanglement in illegally set commercial gill net
1995: Kaua`i, ingestion of a recreational fish hook and probable death by drowning
2002: Entangled seal freed from gill net by
2002: O`ahu, seal entanglement in an actively-fished gill net
1990-2004: Main Hawaiian Islands, 25 seals sighted with embedded fish hooks
2005: Entangled seal frees itself from gill net; seven seals hooked in the Main Hawaiian Islands
2006: O`ahu, death of female pup by entanglement in a gill net; four seals hook in waters off Kaua`i
2007: O`ahu, death of adult male by entanglement in gill net
–Teresa Dawson
Volume 18, Number 2 August 2007