Lt. Eric Casida discusses the mission ahead with an HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point and personnel from NOAA ahaed of departure to Kona, Hawaii, April 14, 2016, to transport seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals back to Oahu for futher care and transport by NOAA personnel to their original homes in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Coast Guard frequently partners with NOAA and The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola rehabilitation facility to ensure the survival of monk seals, under the Coast Guard's living marine resource mission. ( Coast Guard photo by
Lt. Eric Casida discusses the mission ahead with an HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point and personnel from NOAA ahaed of departure to Kona, Hawaii, April 14, 2016, to transport seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals back to Oahu for futher care and transport by NOAA personnel to their original homes in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Coast Guard frequently partners with NOAA and The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola rehabilitation facility to ensure the survival of monk seals, under the Coast Guard's living marine resource mission. ( Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers/Released - National Marine Fisheries Permit No. 18786)
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