Agencies partner for historic monk seal transfer in Hawaii [Image 4 of 15]

HI, UNITED STATES

04.14.2016

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir                  

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

David Schofield, NOAA regional marine mammal response program coordinator, directs a truck carrying a monk seal transport cage toward a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane to load the monk seal aboard in Kona, Hawaii, April 14, 2016. The Coast Guard partnered with NOAA and The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola rehabilitation facility to transport seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals back to Oahu for futher care and transport by NOAA personnel to their original homes in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers/Released - National Marine Fisheries Permit No. 18786)

• Date Taken: 04.14.2016
• Date Posted: 04.15.2016 11:42
• Photo ID: 2525895
• VIRIN: 160414-G-IA651-254
• Resolution: 975x548
• Size: 497.96 KB
• Location: HI, US