The Center has been working to protect the Hawaiian monk seal since 2000, when we and allies filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for letting a lobster fishery and bottomfish ...

DESCRIPTION: Named for its resemblance to a Catholic monk, the Hawaiian ... monk seal females begin to give birth between the ages of five and nine. For males, the age of sexual maturity is unknown, ...

An endangered Hawaiian monk seal known by officials ... The idea that the seals are taking fish off our table is just as misplaced as saying that the sharks are eating all the fish in the ocean.