off scientists in the middle of the pacific, to bring back marine debris, and rescue 2 monk seal pups. the national oceanic and atmospheric
administration returned to port and shared some of its findings on world oceans day. touching skin to skin and making noise, these two young hawaiian
monk seals are getting used to their new home. nats of seals making noise they'll be staying at the newly opened marine mammal center in
kona for now. thanks to marine biologists who found them severely malnourished and separated prematurely from their mom.
sot staci robinson - noaa 07:10 these guys could have been a sad story instead nurse back to health and get them back into population," noaa says a high number of monk seals fall prey to
sharks in the northwestern part of the hawaiian islands. with only 900 in the area and 1100 living in the world, saving pearl and herme, named after the reefs where they were found, is part
of the mission. sot staci robinson 04:47 of all the seals we help trace back 30 percent of existing poipulation to either ibndividual we heloped or offpsring of those seals," they also
picked up thousands of pounds of marine debris during the 3 week mission. sot: kahi pacarro- sustainable coastlines hawaii 15:04 we found things ffom hi like water bottles soda
bottles vast majority marine debris based," much of the debris including plastic rubber buoys, fishing nets, and waste littering each of the 5 atolls they visited in the past, missions like this
have brought back gigantic nets full of waste to be hauled to the landfill or to burn at the h-power plant on oahu. but this time hawaii hopes to create the state's largest art piece made of marine
debris to bring more awareness. sot 17:08 using local artists make something no one ever seen before using a lot of this marine debris," besides collecting debris and monk seals,
the crew also dropped off 14 of its researchers at various islands to monitor the monk seals. sot daniel simon - commander noaa hiialakai 19:38 "kind of a different project for
us where we have people leave ship and giving gear up 19:48 sustainable coastlines hawaii says it plans to unveil its art piece at the international union for
conservation of nature conference when hawaii hosts it in 2016. it's the world's largest conservation event.