But the good news is that a smaller population of seals on the main Hawaiian islands is growing and thriving, he said.

但他同时补充道，夏威夷本岛上生存的少量海豹群体正在兴旺壮大，这是个好消息。

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Walters said that in the isolated northwest Hawaiian islands, the number of monk seals is declining by four percent every year.

沃尔特斯表示，在夏威夷西北部孤立的海岛，僧海豹数量每年都在减少4%。

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The sharks feeding at seal Island could have just hovered right where the seals congregated if they were random killers-of-opportunity, Hammerschlag said.

Hammerschlag说，如果这些鲨鱼是随机捕食的动物，它们直接在海豹的聚居地徘徊就可以了。

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Payne said technicians found that seals on the hydrogen vent lines were out of alignment and they installed new ones to fix the leaks.

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An RSPCA spokesman said seals sometimes swim upriver following fish when there are peak high tides.

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Mr Weeks, who remained with his namesake through the night, said seals tend not to eat during moulting and conserve their energy.

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Michelle McIlveen of the DUP referred to the importance of Strangford as a breeding ground for common and grey seals, and said the assembly should not underestimate the importance of the mussel beds as a filtration system and as a nursery for other species.

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