
An adult female Seal, known as Pohaku, sleeping on the beach. Pōhaku was taken to the Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola monk seal rehabilitation facility on Hawaii Island for the long-term care she needs. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Hawaii Marine Animal Response/Released)
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HONOLULU, Hawaiʻi - Pōhaku the monk seal had the help of the USCG, NOAA, and The Marine Mammal Center in Kona.
Personnel from the Coast Guard 14th District, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and The Marine Mammal Center partnered to transport a rehabilitated monk seal from Oahu to Kona aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane February 19, 2020. The adult female seal, Pōhaku, was taken to the Marine Mammal Center’s Ke Kai Ola monk seal rehabilitation facility on Hawaii Island for the long-term care she needs. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/Released)
(BIVN) – A monk seal named Pōhaku got a special lift from Oʻahu to Kona aboard a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules last week.
From the U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Hawaii and the Pacific:
(U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/Released)
To report monk seal sightings on Hawaiʻi Island, you can email NOAA at pifsc.monksealsighting@noaa.gov or call the Big Island’s Marine Mammal Response Coordinator at (808) 987-0765.