Dead fin whale found near Burien had been struck by ship (April, 2013)
A dead adult fin whale was reported floating on the morning of 13 April 2013 in Puget Sound off Burien
SOCAL-12 Project Report
Offshore and more challenging species were a focus of the third year of the SOCAL-BRS (Southern California Behavioral Response Study) project. 16 marine
Journal Article Published: Assessing the risk of ships striking large whales in marine spatial planning
Citation: J. V. Redfern, M. F. Mckenna, T. J. Moore, J. Calambokidis, M. L. Deangelis, E. A. Becker, J. Barlow,
Whales to Get Wider Berth from San Francisco Bay Ships – Associated Press Article
This Associated Press article features a Joint Working Group proposal to reduce ship strikes off San Francisco. A real time
New York Times article on increasing threat of ship strikes to blue whales
The New York Times article, Growing Ship Traffic Threatens Blue Whales, describes the increasing threat of ship strikes to blue
Examination of dead gray whale found floating in Saratoga Passage, Whidbey Island (April, 2012)
On the morning of 22 April 2012, a researcher from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory sighted a dead floating gray
Stranding of one of the long-beaked common dolphins in Puget Sound (March, 2012)
Another rare visitor to Southern Puget Sound found dead: Long-beaked common dolphin stranded in South Puget Sound, 28 March, 2012 A
SOCAL-11 Project Report
During the second year of the study, the sample size of blue whales and Risso’s dolphins increased considerably. Researchers observed, photographed and/or
Examination of dead killer whale on Long Beach Peninsula (February, 2012)
Examination of dead killer whale on Long Beach Peninsula, February 12, 2012 Prepared by Jessie Huggins (Cascadia Research), Deb Duffield
Sightings of Risso’s dolphins in southern Puget Sound – 30 December 2011
Kim Merriman reported a sighting to Cascadia of some unidentified dolphin/whales at the entrance to Eld Inlet on 30 December