Today, NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.
![Two Hawaiian monk seals, Pearl and Hermes, are undergoing rehabilitation at the Ke Kai Ola hospital in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. "Ke Kai Ola" is Hawaiian for "The Healing Sea." (Image credit: Marine Mammal Center) Two Hawaiian monk seals, Pearl and Hermes, are undergoing rehabilitation at the Ke Kai Ola hospital in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. "Ke Kai Ola" is Hawaiian for "The Healing Sea."](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Pearl%20and%20Hermes%20-%2008312016%20-%201120x534%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=ixOZtY57)
Two Hawaiian monk seals, Pearl and Hermes, are undergoing rehabilitation at the Ke Kai Ola hospital in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. "Ke Kai Ola" is Hawaiian for "The Healing Sea." (Image credit: Marine Mammal Center)