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Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 9:08 AM HST
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3 reports of whale-vessel collisions
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HONOLULU (AP) — Federal officials are investigating three reports of vessels colliding with whales in less than 24 hours off the coast of Maui and the Big Island.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that two of the collisions occurred off Maui. The other involved a whale on Tuesday flipping a canoe in waters off Keauhou on the Big Island.
NOAA official David Schofield says one of the Maui collisions involved a whale calf about a half-mile off Lahaina Harbor at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. He says blood was seen in the water after the collision.
Schofield says the other collision was on Wednesday and involved a whale out of Maalaea Harbor. People reported the whale sustained three propeller slashes. The wounds did not appear life-threatening.
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