Michelle Barbieri, a wildlife veterinary medical officer with NOAA's Hawaiian monk seal research program, and David Schofield, a regional marine mammal response program coordinator with NOAA, await the arrival of four trucks carrying four transport cages with seven monk seals from The Marine Mammal Center in Kona, Hawaii, April 14, 2016. The Coast Guard frequently partners with NOAA and TMMC's Ke Kai Ola rehabilitation facility to ensure the survival of monk seals, under the Coast Guard's living marine resource mission. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers/Released - National Marine Fisheries Permit No. 18786)
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