The recent death of RS34, a two-year-old female Hawaiian monk seal known as Moana, was the result of paddle-out or drone-out fishing using a “jug rig” variant, according to wildlife officials. Her death, discovered earlier this month on Mānana Island, emphasizes the dangers these practices pose to endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other non-target marine life. Without intervention or the hook pulling free on its own, an animal trailing potentially hundreds of yards of fishing line will likely wind up entangled, snagged on the ocean floor, or exhausted beyond recovery. “Jug fishing is an extremely unsustainable and undiscerning fishing method,” said John Silberstein, Oʻahu Branch Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and DLNR urge the fishing community to take proactive steps to help prevent future losses:Avoid paddle-out jug fishing and similar high-risk methods.