Image Gallery: Monk Seals and Fishhooks, Honolulu Advertiser, 6 May 2009.
Images by Photos by ANDREW SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser.
Off the hook, Kermit the seal spends day basking in the sun
Press Watch — The Honolulu Advertiser, May 6, 2009
WAIKIKI — A Hawaiian monk seal that had a fishhook removed from his mouth on Sunday made his way yesterday from Kalaeloa to Queen’s Beach where he sunned himself.
Kermit, as he is called by the Monk Seal Response Team, looked much better yesterday than he did on Sunday, when volunteers and scientists pulled the barbed ulua fishhook from his swollen mouth.
Kermit, unhooked
Press Watch — KGMB9, May 06, 2009
For two weeks Kermit the monk seal has been swimming around with a fish hook in his mouth. But Noaa crews were finally able to catch him and remove them. Kermit was spotted Tuesday enjoying the sun at Queen’s beach. He still has a scar from the hook. Animal experts are urging fisherman to help protect this endangered species and use barbless hooks. […]
Artemis calling…
Artemis has sent her first SMS messages back to base, according to MOm researchers, indicating that the pup, released last Saturday, remains in the core zone of the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades. Stay tuned for further details…
Video of Artemis’ release at Piperi
Artemis’ release at Piperi, 11 May 2009
Artemis at Piperi (photo gallery)
Release of orphaned monk seal pup Artemis at Piperi, in the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades, Greece, 11 April 2009