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Hurricane Darby re-strengthened to a Category 3 on Wednesday but is still expected to weaken while moving westward over the Pacific. Darby is forecast to fade to a post-tropical depression before nearing Hawaiian longitudes at the weekend.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the Hawaiian monk seal population has grown to more than 1,500.
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Federal officials say the population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals has surpassed a level not seen in more than two decades. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials announced this week that the seal population has steadily increased over the past two years.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a humpback whale that was tangled in heavy line has been freed off Maui. NOAA says the male whale was entangled so tightly that his life was in danger.
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A female humpback whale traveling with a male and a calf has been freed after it was found entangled in a line with a large bundle of marine debris attached. HPR’s Zoe Dym reports on the six-hour rescue mission led by NOAA.
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A humpback whale calf found dead on the southeast shore of Oʻahu on Feb. 6 died of a traumatic brain injury likely caused by a vessel strike, NOAA Fisheries said. The 12-foot-long whale was removed from a reef flat near the Wailupe peninsula.
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The male juvenile monk seal is known as N2 was suffering from malnutrition after swallowing fishing gear. He was transported from Oʻahu to the Marine Mammal Center in Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island for care.
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A marine mammal rescue team is searching for an adult humpback whale that's entangled in debris off the coast of Hawaiʻi. First responders removed about 2,000 feet or 600 meters of heavy-gauge line from the animal over the weekend when it was off Kauaʻi.
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Federal agencies are seeking public feedback on a proposal to develop a management plan for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
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Federal officials say an endangered Hawaiian monk seal that was found dead on Molokaʻi in September was intentionally killed with a gun. This was the third killing of a monk seal on the island in 2021.