CRC-01 was identified by John Calambokidis on 24 May 1986. The gray whale catalog currently contains over 2,300 individual whales.

Gretchen Steiger identified CRC-10001 on 15 Sept 1986 in the Gulf of Farallones, California. This whale was last seen 20

In 1978 there was a dedicated group of students at the Evergreen State College conducting an independent study of harbor