Monthly Update: The Kauai team logged 311 seal sightings this month. This included 25 individually identified seals.
- July: 311
- June: 283
- May: 248
- April: 294
- March: 292
- February: 233
- January: 233
- December: 267
- November: 168
- October: 229
- September: 251
- August: 213
- July: 286
New:
· An adult seal was sighted at Kauapea (a.k.a. Secrets) with a heavy line trailing from the mouth. The seal was chased off by an off-leash dog before staff arrived. The seal’s ID is unknown and no further reports of a hooked seal have been received.
Updates:
· RM28 – dehooked in June has been resighted several times and the external hook injury has fully healed.
· RP28 – hooked and trailing line. Hook non-life threatening in right corner of the mouth. Removed leader with metal swivel with seat belt cutter mounted on a pole. Will monitor RP28. Anticipate hook will come out on its own. Seal has not been resighted to confirm if hook is still present.
· Pup translocation: female pup PK2 who was born at a remote location on the west side to R400 was immediately translocated to the north shore after weaning. The pup was tagged RK52 (Q52/Q53 tags) and is thriving in her new location, socializing with many other seals in the area.
· PK1 was flipper tagged as RQ60 (Q60/Q61 tags) and has remained near her natal beach. The pup’s girth was an impressive 130 cm, which is on the large size. And standard length was 152 cm, nearly a foot longer than the average pup.
· The severely mobbed seal temp614 was last sighted on July 7.
Molting: 3 seals molted this past month.
Displacements from Poipu Keiki Pool: R2XW subadult female – 1 time
Kaua'i Seals 