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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, September 12, 2009

Two Maui bays reopened following shark sightings


Advertiser Staff

The two West Maui bays closed this morning due to the presence of two tiger sharks were reopened shortly after noon, Maui County aquatics chief Mary Kielty said in a news release.

Honolua Bay and neighboring Mokuleia Bay, on the Lahaina side of Honolua, were closed just before 10 a.m. after the sighting of two 12- to 16-foot tiger sharks, which appeared to be feeding on fish in the area. No injuries were reported.