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May 6, 2022 · The population of Hawaiian monk seals is on the rise after decades of decline, authorities confirmed. This year, the population surpassed 1,500 for the first time in more than 20 years.
May 3, 2022 · We estimate that the total number of monk seals throughout their entire range was 1,570 in 2021. That is a respectable increase since the most recent estimate of 1,435 in 2019. It marks the first time the population has exceeded 1,500 seals in more than 2 decades.
May 5, 2022 · Officials estimated the population has grown by more than 100 from 2019 to 2021, bringing the total from 1,435 to 1,570 seals. Monk seals live only in Hawaiʻi, including the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands where most of the animals are found.
It is currently estimated that the Hawaiian monk seal population is about 1,600 seals; about 1,200 seals reside in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and only about 400 in the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI).
May 5, 2022 · HONOLULU (KHON2) — The population of Hawaiian monk seals has reached a milestone. More than 1,500 were counted in 2021 for the first time in over two decades. NOAA Fisheries has carefully...
Apr 28, 2022 · Hawaiian monk seals live throughout the entire Hawaiian Archipelago, which spans about 1,500 miles (2,500 km). Across this area are diverse landscapes, from the mountainous inhabited islands (Hawaiʻi Island to Niʻihau) to small islets and atolls of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Nihoa Island to Hōlanikū, or Kure Atoll).
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May 19, 2022 · Officials estimated the population has grown by more than 100 from 2019 to 2021, bringing the total from 1,435 to 1,570 seals. This is huge news for conversation groups—and, of course, the seals, too. A Hawaiian monk seal off the coast of Hawaiʻi Island.
