Monthly Update: The Kauai team reported 27 individually identified seals in October for a grand total of 203 seal sightings reported to the hotline.
October: 203
September: 199
August: 295
July: 414
June: 315
May: 332
April: 302
March: 299
New:
- Female weanling RKA6 was sighted with a hook in her mouth along with 6-8 inches of monofilament line trailing. By the time response staff arrived, she had thrown the hook on her own.
Updates:
- RK58 remains at Ke Kai Ola for rehabilitation, gaining weight and learning to free-feed.
- Adult female Temp 337 who was previously reported with mobbing wounds continues to heal and is sighted occasionally on the West Side.
- Several public reports indicate the unidentified mom/pup pair along Napali Coast are doing well. By now, pup has weaned.
- Poipu Keiki Pool: No displacements this month.
- Bleach markings: 1 bleach mark was applied.
- Molting: 2 seals molted at busy beaches this month.
Research/Support of Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC):
- Sub-sampled scat, molt, and tissue plug samples accordingly.
- Logged all seal sightings for PIFSC database. Organized photos and reported sightings, molt tallies, survival factors to send to PIFSC.
Kaua'i Seals 