Volunteers are helping to protect newly-born monk seals located at Po‘ipu Beach Park and at Maha‘ulepu. The Poipu Beach Resort Association is alerting visitors on avoiding contact with the newborn monk seals and their mothers. A safety zone is set
Volunteers are helping to protect newly-born monk seals located at Po‘ipu Beach Park and at Maha‘ulepu.
The Poipu Beach Resort Association is alerting visitors on avoiding contact with the newborn monk seals and their mothers.
A safety zone is set up around the newborns and swimming is being restricted in and around the areas where the mother and pup monk seals are located.
Brad Ryon, an National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service wildlife manager and other NOAA staff are on Kaua‘i to help with protecting the monk seals.
Biologists are on duty at Poipu Beach Park around the clock, and Millie Johnston has been assigned to ensure a continuous presence at Maha‘ulepu over the next five weeks, or until the pups are weaned from their mothers and begin feeding on their own.
At Poipu Beach Park the young monk seal is already active, and volunteers are moving fencing and other barriers around the beach to keep up with the young mammal.
