New whale detection program for ship strike mitigation
On 17 September 2020 a whale detection system for blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel was launched as part
Large whales and ships: Ship strike research and mitigation efforts
Ships and Large Whales: Below contains news reports, articles, journal publications on the ship strike issue. Recent News Articles Chris
Ship Strikes Killing Whales Despite Govt. Program to Slow Down Vessels
Photo: Kiirsten Flynn: Cascadia Research Collective NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit looked into whether or not the 5-year government initiative
An underwater sound system in the Santa Barbara Channel was deployed in Aug 2019 in hopes to help mitigate ship strikes
Please read about this exciting project planned to launch in early 2020 in an article in the LA Times about
Rare Sighting of Blue Whales off the Washington Coast
Rare sighting of Blue Whales off the Washington Coast Photo above is CRC ID-3174 On 24 July 2019, Kiirsten Flynn
Blue whale off Los Angeles yields surprising insights
Blue whale off Los Angeles yields surprising insights. (July 2019)
New film: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies
A short film from the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District features an interview with John Calambokidis on ship
ONR Marine Mammal and Biology Program Review
John Calambokidis spoke Monday March 20th, 2017 at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) annual program review on the topic of behavioral
Tag deployments off central California – May 2016
On 22 and 23 May 2016, Cascadia deployed six dart-attached archival tags on humpback and blue whales off the Bay
SOCAL-15 Project Summary
As in previous years, the focus of SOCAL-15 was to study behavior and response of various marine mammal species to