{"id":1147,"date":"2010-10-15T16:47:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T16:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2010-11-10T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T16:58:42","slug":"monk-seal-survival-enhancement-research-continues-at-laysan-island-and-french-frigate-shoals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/15\/monk-seal-survival-enhancement-research-continues-at-laysan-island-and-french-frigate-shoals\/","title":{"rendered":"Monk seal survival enhancement research continues at Laysan Island and French Frigate Shoals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>NOAA PIFSC, Quarterly Research Bulletin, October 2010<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pifsc.noaa.gov\/qrb\/2010_10\/img\/image09_01_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawaiian monk seal researchers administer dewormer medication to a juvenile monk seal at Laysan Island. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an effort to assist the recovery of endangered Hawaiian monk seals, researchers in the Center&#8217;s Protected  \tSpecies Division are seeking ways to increase the seals\u2019 survival.  As part of this research, the monk seal  \tSurvival Enhancement (SE) Program continued its monk seal deworming trial at Laysan Island in the Northwestern  \tHawaiian Islands. The objective of the study is to rid juvenile seals of parasitic worms, thereby increasing the  \tseals&#8217; growth and chances of survival. In May, program staff completed a fourth treatment of seals at Laysan with  \tthe help of visiting veterinarian Eric Anderson, and a fifth treatment with visiting veterinarian Heather Harris in  \tAugust.  The new cohort of 28 pups born on Laysan in 2010 will be added to the deworming study in November.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Besides the deworming research, the SE Program also trained and deployed a team of two shark scientists to French  \tFrigate Shoals (FFS) to selectively remove Galapagos sharks near 3 seal pupping islets.  The scientists were  \ttransported to FFS in July on the chartered vessel <em>Kahana<\/em>. Besides the scientific team, the  \t<em>Kahana<\/em> field party included 3 native Hawaiian cultural practitioners. En route to Laysan, the vessel took  \tthe group to other islands, including Ka&#8217;ula, Nihoa and Mokamanamana, where traditional Native Hawaiian ceremonies  \twere conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the scientific team&#8217;s arrival at FFS, 4 pups from the 2010 cohort had been lost to sharks. Within their  \tfirst few days at the atoll, the team removed 1 Galapagos shark at Trig Island. Although efforts to remove sharks  \tcontinued until September 1, no other shark activity was detected at Trig. However, shark activity was observed at  \tGin Island and Little Gin Island. Overall, 10 incidents of shark predation on pups were documented at FFS this  \tseason; 8 of these pups did not survive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pifsc.noaa.gov\/qrb\/2010_10\/article_09.php\">Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA PIFSC, Quarterly Research Bulletin, October 2010 In an effort to assist the recovery of endangered Hawaiian monk seals, researchers in the Center&#8217;s Protected Species Division are seeking ways to increase the seals\u2019 survival. As part of this research, the monk seal Survival Enhancement (SE) Program continued its monk seal deworming trial at Laysan Island &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/15\/monk-seal-survival-enhancement-research-continues-at-laysan-island-and-french-frigate-shoals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monk seal survival enhancement research continues at Laysan Island and French Frigate Shoals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[37,48],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawaiian-monk-seal","tag-papahanaumokuakea-marine-national-monument","tag-nwhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1152,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}