Record number of Blue Whales Sighted Off Washington Coast (December, 2011)
On 8 December 2011, six blue whales were sighted feeding off the Washington coast intermixed with humpback and fin whales.
Summary of ship strike related research on blue whales in Southern California, 2011
Research was conducted during 2011 related to potential impacts of ship strikes on blue whales off California. This work is a
Study on baleen whale feeding published.
Goldbogen, J.A., J. Calambokidis, D.A. Croll, M.F. McKenna, E. Oleson, J. Potvin, N.D. Pyenson, G. Schorr, R.E. Shadwick, and B.R.
LA Times story on Cascadia and blue whales
The article, Blue Whales Dine in Treacherous Waters off L.A.’s Coast, written by Tony Barboza of the Los Angeles Times, describes the busy ship
Gray whale stranding in Bremerton (July, 2011)
A gray whale came ashore alive on a private beach in Bremerton on the morning of 27 July 2011. The
Ship Strikes of Whales Off the U.S. West Coast – article published in the American Cetacean Society Spyhopper newsletter.
John Calambokidis summarizes the issue of ship strikes on blue, fin, and humpback whales off the US West Coast (especially
Long-beaked common dolphins in Puget Sound
Over the past 18 months south Puget Sound has had some very unusual marine visitors from the tropical waters of
SOCAL-10 Project Report
A report on the behavioral responses of whales to playback of sonar sounds was released in Feburary, 2011. The SOCAL‐10 project
Bottlenose dolphin stranding in Puget Sound (February, 2011)
Sightings and recent stranding of an unusual dolphin species in Southern Puget Sound, December 2010 to February 2011 A bottlenose dolphin,
Injured Bryde’s whale in south Puget Sound (December, 2010)
In late November of 2010, repeated sightings of an injured whale were reported in south Puget Sound. It turned out