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
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
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
Humpback whale disentanglement efforts (14 May 2010)
Efforts to free entangled humpback whale of Washington Update through 14 May 2010 Surveys conducted on 14 May 2010 by