Mission Accomplished for RP92’s Rescue Rangers
NOAA Fisheries and partners returned endangered Hawaiian monk seal RP92 to Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, on July 8, 2022. The seal was released after life-saving intervention to remove an ingested fishing hook.
On June 2, 2022, National Park Service staff reported a juvenile male monk seal (RP92) with fishing gear trailing out of...
X-rays taken at the Center show a barbed fishing hook lodged over RP92’s larynx. Credit: © The Marine Mammal Center
Removed fishing gear from Hawaiian monk seal RP92 is shown post-procedure after the hooked seal was admitted for treatme...
Juvenile male Hawaiian monk seal RP92 is pictured with a temporary satellite tracking tag at Ke Kai Ola, The Marine Mamm...
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and The Marine Mammal Center unload Hawaiian monk seal RP92 ...
NOAA Fisheries and partners from the National Park Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and The Marine Mammal Center transport...
NOAA Fisheries and partners from the National Park Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and The Marine Mammal Center transport...
Members of the National Park Service and the U.S. Coast Guard carry RP92 to the beach for release. Credit: NOAA Fisherie...
A service member from the U.S. Coast Guard opens the door for RP92’s release back home! Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #...
RP92 exits the transport carrier and heads for the ocean. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #18786)
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