Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.14.2017
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island (WPB 1349) patrols during Operation Kohola Guardian off Maui, Hawaii, Feb, 14, 2017. Operation Kohala Guardian is a joint effort between the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enforce laws and regulations keeping the public and the migrating humpback whale population safe.......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.14.2017
A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, Feb. 14, 2017. The Coast Guard has been participating in Operation Kohola Guardian, an effort to protect the public and the migrating species while they’re here in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur)...
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) recovers their small boat while off Maui in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Feb. 11, 2016, during Operation Kohola Guardian. Coast Guard members from Station Maui and the Kiska and officers from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources conducted safety and compliance boardings on recreational and commercial vessels to inform the......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
Officer Eric Vuong of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources observes the USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) and keeps a lookout for whale activity near Maui, Feb. 11, 2016. DLNR and the Coast Guard conducted safety and compliance boardings on recreational and commercial vessels to inform the public of the requirements to avoid coming too close to whales or impeding the whales’ path. (U.S.......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
A boarding team from USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) returns to the cutter after speaking with mariners and the public aboard a tour vessel about the regulations for operating in the region of Maui and the distance to maintain from whales in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Feb. 11, 2016, during Operation Kohola Guardian. Coast Guard members from Station Maui and the Kiska......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) transits off Maui in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Feb. 11, 2016, during Operation Kohola Guardian. Coast Guard members from Station Maui and the Kiska and officers from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources conducted safety and compliance boardings on recreational and commercial vessels to inform the public of the......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) transits off Maui in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Feb. 11, 2016, during Operation Kohola Guardian. Coast Guard members from Station Maui and the Kiska and officers from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources conducted safety and compliance boardings on recreational and commercial vessels to inform the public of the......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.11.2016
Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Hill of Coast Guard Station Maui, provides a copy of a completed boarding form to a mariner during a recreational vessel boarding near Maui Feb. 11, 2016. Station Maui crew was on patrol in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural resources teams conducting safety and compliance boardings in......
