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Scientists to strap cameras to Hawaiian seals

By Audrey McAvoy
Published June 16, 2012 3:16am ET
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Scientists to strap cameras to Hawaiian seals
FILE- This 2002, file photo, provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service shows a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal with a camera strapped to its back at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii, one of the outermost islands in the Hawaiian island chain. The agency plans to glue underwater cameras smaller than the one pictured to the backs of seals in the main Hawaiian Islands to prove to fishermen the animals aren't harming their way of life. (AP Photo/National Marine Fisheries Service, File) | Uncredited

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian monk seals need an image makeover.

Some fishermen blame the endangered species for stealing their catch. There are unfounded rumors that they devour and deplete fish stocks. And at least four of them have been killed by humans in Hawaii since late last year.

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