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Hawaiian Monk Seal Pupping Season

The Hawaiian monk seal pupping season has started! NOAA Fisheries experts in the Pacific Islands work with partners to protect the pups during this critical time.
March 14, 2024 - Podcast ,
A Hawaiian monk seal pup lays in the sand A young, female Hawaiian monk seal pup, identified as "PM6," lying in the sand at Kalaupapa, Molokai in 2017. This is the fourth pup of mom "RI25." Credit: NOAA/Tracy Mercer (Permit #16632-02).

Conserving Hawaiian Monk Seals Through Protections and Vaccinations

In 2022, NOAA Fisheries celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act by highlighting conservation and research efforts to protect Hawaiian monk seals.
August 30, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Stacie Robinson, a NOAA biologist, vaccinates a Hawaiian monk seal basking on the island of Oahu in 2016 using a syringe on the end of a pole Stacie Robinson, a NOAA biologist, vaccinates a Hawaiian monk seal basking on the island of Oahu in 2016 using a syringe on the end of a pole. Credit: Barbara Billand. Activities performed under NOAA permit 16632.

Species in the Spotlight: Priority Actions 2021-2025, Hawaiian Monk Seal

The Species in the Spotlight initiative is a concerted agency-wide effort to spotlight and save endangered marine species most at-risk of extinction in the near future. This plan focuses on priority actions needed in 2021-2025 for the Hawaiian monk seal.
April 21, 2021 - Strategic Plans ,

14 Seal Secrets

Learn more about seals, marine mammals that are part of the pinniped family, which means "fin-footed" in Latin.
3008x2000-spottedseal-AFSC-BStewart_0045- Retouched.jpg Spotted seal on ice. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Sighting Patterns Reveal Unobserved Pupping Events To Revise Reproductive Rate Estimates for Hawaiian Monk Seals in the Main Hawaiian Islands

We used sighting reports to describe female breeding biology and reproductive success in the main Hawaiian Islands.
November 23, 2020 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Revising Reproductive Rate Estimates for Hawaiian Monk Seals in the Main Hawaiian Islands

By examining sighting histories, we infer that 25 unobserved pupping events that had previously gone uncounted. This is the highest reproductive rate reported for any of the Hawaiian monk seal breeding sites.
November 23, 2020 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Terrestrial Habitat Loss and the Long-Term Viability of the French Frigate Shoals Hawaiian Monk Seal Subpopulation

Hawaiian monk seal's terrestrial habitat loss leads to higher mortality rates for pups and effects seal population.
August 21, 2020 - Technical Memo ,

Conservation Translocations of Hawaiian Monk Seals: Accounting for Variability in Body Condition Improves Evaluation of Translocation Efficacy

Hawaiian monk seal pup translocations conducted during 2012–2014 had a positive effect on the survival of pups.
August 03, 2020 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,