by Bethany Smith | Jun 10, 2022 | Map
Green abalone restoration genetics Due to severe declines in abundance throughout southern California, the green abalone (Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845) became protected under a state-sponsored fishery moratorium in 1997 and was declared a NOAA NMFS Species of...
by Bethany Smith | Jun 9, 2022 | Map
Atlantic bluefin tuna tracking Pop-up satellite archival tags were implanted into 68 Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus), ranging in size from 91 to 295kg, in the southern Gulf of Maine (n=67) and off the coast of North Carolina (n=1) between July 2002...
by Bethany Smith | May 5, 2022 | Map
Successful Rehabilitation of JJ, the Gray Whale In January 1997, a very young California gray whale was rescued near Marine del Rey, Los Angeles, and delivered to SeaWorld of California in San Diego. She was semi-comatose, severely infested with whale lice, and had...
by Bethany Smith | May 3, 2022 | Map
Basking Sharks in the Gulf of Maine Schools of up to 50 basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) were observed on the warm side of a persistent thermal front in the southern Gulf of Maine from early September through mid-October 2002. Aerial photographs showed a variety of...
by Bethany Smith | May 2, 2022 | Map
Killer Whale Calls Analysis Off Iceland and Norway HSWRI scientists analyzed killer whale calls from Iceland and Norway to see if there were distinctive dialects for different pods. This was the first time the calls of these killer whale pods were studied. Underwater...