Help Us Save Hawaii's reefs & marine life with direct action

Corals take thousands to millions of years to grow, yet they can be broken, strangled, and killed in a matter of days by abandoned fishing line. Once left on the reef, this line creates an invisible gauntlet for marine life—snaring fins, flippers, jaws, and bodies.

Honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles), endangered Hawaiian monk seals, sharks, dolphins, eagle rays, and countless reef fish hunt, rest, and shelter directly within coral structures. In areas such as Kahē Point and China Walls, it has become nearly impossible for marine animals to move safely through the reef without risk of entanglement or becoming hooked.

The consequences are devastating:

• Sea turtles drown when trapped or lose flippers to tight line, leaving them permanently disabled
• Sharks and rays become entangled while hunting or resting, often unseen and unable to escape
• Monk seals risk drowning or severe injury in heavily fished reef zones
• Corals are snapped, abraded, and smothered by monofilament that continues killing long after it is abandoned

We have witnessed the disappearance of whitetip reef sharks that once rested in reef caves, eagle rays that once fed regularly, and countless turtles dragging line that impairs their ability to swim, mate, forage, and migrate—leaving them in constant, silent suffering.

Removing entanglement from coral reefs is not simple—and doing it incorrectly can cause even more damage. Few divers are trained to safely remove fishing line without breaking coral, injuring themselves, or harming wildlife.

These reefs are fished daily, and new line is added constantly. Without ongoing intervention, cleanups cannot keep pace with the damage.

That is why trained, experienced divers are essential.

Our team brings more than 30 years of specialized experience in marine entanglement removal, with techniques developed specifically for:

• Coral-safe line extraction
• Shark and sea turtle entanglement response
• Complex reef environments with high fishing pressure

This work saves lives immediately while preserving the reef structures marine life depends on.

Through targeted cleanup events and ongoing response efforts, we:

• Remove abandoned fishing line and hooks from coral reefs
• Reduce lethal entanglement risks for turtles, sharks, monk seals, and fish
• Protect coral structures from further breakage and strangulation
• Train and deploy skilled divers to work safely and effectively

Each successful removal prevents future injuries and deaths—not just once, but repeatedly, as the reef becomes safer for every animal that passes through it.

These areas urgently need protection, and we need more skilled divers, more equipment, and more removal events to offset the daily accumulation of fishing gear on Hawaiʻi’s reefs.

Your support helps us:

• Sponsor additional entanglement-removal dives
• Train and equip skilled responders
• Expand efforts in high-risk locations like Kahē Point and China Walls
• Continue decades-proven work at a scale that matches the threat

With your help, we can save lives, protect ancient reefs, and restore safer habitats for Hawaiʻi’s marine wildlife.

Please support our efforts to protect Hawaiʻi’s marine life through direct action.

Together, we can stop preventable suffering—and give Hawaiʻi’s reefs and wildlife a chance to recover.