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How to easily remove a hook from hand or body (painless method)

It's bound to happen eventually - getting a fishing hook stuck in your hand! There are a lot of ways to get a hook out of your hand, the way I always rely on is to freeze the area first - then remove ...
The Garden Island

Endangered Hawaiian monk seal recovering after surgery to remove fish hook

LIHU‘E — The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) announced on Tuesday that endangered Hawaiian monk seal RS10 is back home on Kaua‘i due to community volunteers and joint ...
Orange County Register

Sea lion undergoes surgery to remove fish hooks at Pacific Marine Mammal Center, as entanglements increase

Raptor, a sea lion found with fish hooks embedded in her mouth, is healing following sedation and surgery at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach. The yearling was found by Huntington ...
Washington Times

Oklahoma man invents gadget to make fish hook removal safer

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) - The light bulb came on for Keith Lawrence several years ago during a fishing trip to Canada with his father for walleye and pike. Lawrence had bought a local coil-spring tool ...
KHON2

Hawaiian monk seal released after successful hook removal surgery

Following a successful surgery and recovery, a Hawaiian monk seal was released back into the wild. RE-74 is a 12-year-old Hawaiian monk seal born on Kipu Kai Beach on the island of Kauai. He was ...
KHON2

Young monk seal dies after surgery to remove fishing hook

The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world and, sad to report, another one has died, this time from ingesting a barbed hook. That makes three monk seal deaths ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hawaiian monk seal Ka‘ale released after removal of fish hook

Federal officials recently announced the release of a 2-year-old Hawaiian monk seal named Ka‘ale back to the wild after removing a large fishing hook from his tongue on Oahu. Ka‘ale, or RH32, got ...
SlashGear

Study Finds Fish With Hook Injuries Struggle To Eat After Release

New research out of the University of California, Riverside, highlights a potential issue with catch-and-release fishing, a sport in which anglers catch a fish, but then release it back into the water ...
WAVY-TV

NC Aquarium staff remove fishing hooks, stingray barb from sea turtle

ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WAVY) — A 103-pound loggerhead sea turtle was brought into the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island on Saturday after being hooked at a fishing pier, the aquarium said in a ...
EurekAlert!

Hook injury caused by catch-and-release hampers feeding performance in fish

RIVERSIDE, Calif.-- Anglers don't expect to take home dinner when they practice catch-and-release fishing, but they might not be the only ones missing out on a meal. In a study published today in The ...
Ventura County Star

Sea lion undergoes surgery to remove fish hooks as entanglements increase

Raptor, a sea lion found with fish hooks embedded in her mouth, is healing after sedation and surgery at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach. The yearling was found by Huntington Beach ...