From cfrench1366 at aol.com Wed Oct 1 10:40:39 2008 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:40:39 -0400 Subject: [CINC] John Calambokidis in Ventura County Star Message-ID: <8CAF203F3F757DA-F6C-1229@FWM-D17.sysops.aol.com> Dear Fellow Naturalists: Below is a link to an article that appeared in today's issue of the Ventura County Star regarding John Calambokidis' work involving tagging blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/01/tagging-along-with-whales/ Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It >>>> > isn't >>>> > known how they learn this, or if it's an inbred ability. >>>> > >>>> > As if by magic the dolphin does a quick flip of its head and a >>>> > silver ring >>>> > appears in front of its pointed beak. The ring is a solid, donut >>>> > shaped bubble about 2-ft across, yet it doesn't rise to the surface >>>> > of the >>>> > water! It stands upright in the water like a magic doorway to an >>>> > unseen >>>> > dimension. The dolphin then pulls a small silver donut from the >>>> > larger one. >>>> > Looking at the twisting ring for one last time a bite is taken from >>>> > it, >>>> > causing the small ring to collapse into a thousands of tiny bubbles >>>> > which >>>> > head upward towards the water's surface. After a few moments the >>>> > dolphin creates another ring to play with. There also seems to be a >>>> > separate mechanism for producing small ring which a dolphin can >>>> > accomplish >>>> > by a quick flip of its head. >>>> > >>>> > An explanation of how dolphins make these silver rings is that they >>>> > are 'air-core vortex rings'. Invisible, spinning vortices in the >>>> > water are >>>> > generated from the tip of a dolphin's dorsal fin when it is moving >>>> > rapidly >>>> > and turning. When dolphins break the line, the ends are drawn >>>> > together into >>>> > a closed ring. The higher velocity fluid around the core of the >>>> > vortex is >>>> > at a lower pressure than the fluid circulating farther away. Air is >>>> > injected >>>> > into the rings via bubbles released from the dolphin's blowhole. The >>>> > energy >>>> > of the water vortex is enough to keep the bubbles from rising for a >>>> > reasonably few seconds of play time. >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From langle411 at gmail.com Thu Oct 2 13:46:52 2008 From: langle411 at gmail.com (Lisa Angle) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:46:52 -0800 Subject: [CINC] Anybody from SB (town) going to SB (Island) on 10/11? Message-ID: <005901c924d0$010b6010$6400a8c0@Janeway> I signed up to go on the free Santa Barbara Island trip on Saturday, October 11 and am looking for somebody from the Santa Barbara area to ride down to IPCO with. Will chip in for gas. 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Could > > some one fill in for me, please. > > > > For the condor X on 10-8-09 at 10:00 to 14:30 > > > > > > Thank > > > > Keith hale > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of > > your life. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net Mon Oct 6 08:58:18 2008 From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net (Dean Benjamin) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 9/28 and 10/4 Message-ID: <916521.79480.qm@web82304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> September 28 5 Blue Whales 25 Common Dolphins 60 passengers October 4 1 Blue Whale 100 Common Dolphins 28 passengers Saturday October 4 was rainy and quite dreary leaving SB, and the forecast was for small craft adviseries.? But when we reached the slot between SC and SR, it was very nice with flat seas and no wind.? Only one blue, be we stayed with if for at least 45 minutes and it did approach quite close.? Seas were like glass coming back.? Visitors from Sweden, Germany, UK, New York. Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Passengers aboard the Condor Express, despite limited visibility, were greeted by 800 common dolphins before the orca sighting off the west end of Santa Cruz Island. 'We were traveling slow, looking for blue whales, when we spotted small blows up ahead,' Diane Alps reported. 'We were thrilled to discover they were orcas! Once we got closer, we noticed an oil slick. We also noticed that occasionally birds would mob an area where the orcas surfaced. 'These signs indicated they had probably recently killed something -- most likely something small, by the size of the slick. They were playful, breaching several times and crossing under and around the boat.' It was quite the cozy unit: An adult male, two females and one juvenile, out on foray. The male, with a drooped-over dorsal fin, had been seen in the channel before. 'We stayed with them for approximately an hour before heading off the see the Painted Cave and the rest of Santa Cruz Island,' Diane Alps said. Alas, all I saw was gray water and sky. --Pete Thomas Photos by Diane Alps _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KTL at CanyonVoices.com Mon Oct 6 17:03:26 2008 From: KTL at CanyonVoices.com (KTL) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:03:26 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Orcas off of SCI References: Message-ID: <00c401c92810$8837b5f0$6601a8c0@KTL> I was in the Channel en route to Santa Rosa and we heard nothing about orcas. We went on the south side of SCI in the morning and the north side in the afternoon. Karen T-l ----- Original Message ----- From: Trent Barnhart To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: [CINC] Orcas off of SCI Did anyone here of this sighting? Or did I just miss it? Thanks, Trent B Killer whales emerge off Santa Barbara 9:57 AM, September 29, 2008 Diane and Bernardo Alps, prominent members of the American Cetacean Society's Los Angeles chapter, sent Outposts the accompanying photos of orcas they encountered Saturday while aboard the Condor Express out of Santa Barbara. My response was one of disbelief. I too was in the Santa Barbara Channel on Saturday, en route to and, later, from Santa Cruz Island. I did not even see any dolphins, partly because of persistent fog. Orcas, or killer whales, are not commonly seen off Southern California. They are an apex predator and always a great discovery for marine mammal enthusiasts. Passengers aboard the Condor Express, despite limited visibility, were greeted by 800 common dolphins before the orca sighting off the west end of Santa Cruz Island. 'We were traveling slow, looking for blue whales, when we spotted small blows up ahead,' Diane Alps reported. 'We were thrilled to discover they were orcas! Once we got closer, we noticed an oil slick. We also noticed that occasionally birds would mob an area where the orcas surfaced. 'These signs indicated they had probably recently killed something -- most likely something small, by the size of the slick. They were playful, breaching several times and crossing under and around the boat.' It was quite the cozy unit: An adult male, two females and one juvenile, out on foray. The male, with a drooped-over dorsal fin, had been seen in the channel before. 'We stayed with them for approximately an hour before heading off the see the Painted Cave and the rest of Santa Cruz Island,' Diane Alps said. Alas, all I saw was gray water and sky. --Pete Thomas Photos by Diane Alps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. 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URL: From l_charleboix at yahoo.com Mon Oct 6 17:42:22 2008 From: l_charleboix at yahoo.com (L Charleboix) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:42:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Orcas off SCI -- Fw: Condor Express, Sat, 9/27 Message-ID: <8119.20043.qm@web65609.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> I think this is the report that includes Orca sightings. --- On Sun, 9/28/08, Bart Francis wrote: From: Bart Francis Subject: [CINC] Condor Express, Sat, 9/27 To: "NOAA Rain List" Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 11:17 AM Sitings: 500 Common Dolphins 4 Orcas Despite a heavy ground fog stretching all the way from SB harbor to the islands and beyond, we headed toward the gap between SCI and SRI with about 35 passengers (plus several representatives of the American Cetacian Society (?) out of San Pedro) in search of Blues. Visibility was often less than a mile, but ? the way across we encountered a large pod of common dolphins doing their thing. Twenty minutes later, we almost ran into 2 orcas (one was the male with the floppy dorsal fin) possibly just finishing a meal below the surface. Two more females were soon spotted, and we stayed with them for about 45 minutes as they dove repeatedly and milled around the boat. We weren?t so lucky in being able to spot any blues with the bad visibility, so we headed over to the west end of SCI and made our way past the cliffs to Painted Cave before heading back to harbor. Not a very scenic trip due to the fog, but the passengers were pretty happy about the orcas. Bart Francis ______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From scott at scottcuzzo.com Mon Oct 6 20:15:08 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:15:08 -0500 Subject: [CINC] =?iso-8859-1?q?Cover_my_Oct=2E_11_outreach_event=3F?= Message-ID: <20081007031508.d4792ef6@corp.kvcinc.com> CINC volunteers, Can anyone take my 9:45-12:15 shift giving tours on the Shearwater for the S.B. Harbor and Seafood festival? It's next Saturday. Scott Cuzzo From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Tue Oct 7 10:03:35 2008 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:03:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] OUTREACH: Oct. 11 Santa Barbara Harbor Seafood Festival Message-ID: <48EB9667.5020401@noaa.gov> Dear Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Volunteers: As we enter into October, we are still as busy as ever with training opportunities such as the Island Fox Training Workshop that was held last weekend, the special trip for volunteers to Santa Rosa Island, and not to mention the continued good sightings out on the water! With so much going on this month, we have not been successful covering all of our shifts at the Santa Barbara Harbor Seafood Festival, taking place this Saturday, October 11, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. A lot is going on that day, check out the following link to get a taste of event activities: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Visitor/Things/Waterfront/Harbor_And_Seafood_Festival.htm The sanctuary's research vessel "Shearwater" will be at the dock for public tours and sanctuary staff will be working behind the scenes to help prepare and cook local seafood! With the holidays just around the corner, we appreciate your continued support for outreach and boat trips. If you can help us out for a few hours on Saturday, please contact Clare Fritzsche to be added to the schedule (http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/volunteer-schedules.htm). Thanks! Shauna -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. From bart at vnusinfo.com Tue Oct 7 13:57:20 2008 From: bart at vnusinfo.com (bart at vnusinfo.com) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] [Fwd: Re: Orcas off of SCI] Message-ID: <49423.72.93.214.188.1223413040.squirrel@webmail.vnusinfo.com> I was on the CX that day and put out a report about the orcas to the rain list that evening. Sorry some of you missed it. Bart Francis ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [CINC] Orcas off of SCI From: "KTL" Date: Mon, October 6, 2008 5:03 pm To: "Trent Barnhart" channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was in the Channel en route to Santa Rosa and we heard nothing about orcas. We went on the south side of SCI in the morning and the north side in the afternoon. Karen T-l ----- Original Message ----- From: Trent Barnhart To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: [CINC] Orcas off of SCI Did anyone here of this sighting? Or did I just miss it? Thanks, Trent B Killer whales emerge off Santa Barbara 9:57 AM, September 29, 2008 Diane and Bernardo Alps, prominent members of the American Cetacean Society's Los Angeles chapter, sent Outposts the accompanying photos of orcas they encountered Saturday while aboard the Condor Express out of Santa Barbara. My response was one of disbelief. I too was in the Santa Barbara Channel on Saturday, en route to and, later, from Santa Cruz Island. I did not even see any dolphins, partly because of persistent fog. Orcas, or killer whales, are not commonly seen off Southern California. They are an apex predator and always a great discovery for marine mammal enthusiasts. Passengers aboard the Condor Express, despite limited visibility, were greeted by 800 common dolphins before the orca sighting off the west end of Santa Cruz Island. 'We were traveling slow, looking for blue whales, when we spotted small blows up ahead,' Diane Alps reported. 'We were thrilled to discover they were orcas! Once we got closer, we noticed an oil slick. We also noticed that occasionally birds would mob an area where the orcas surfaced. 'These signs indicated they had probably recently killed something -- most likely something small, by the size of the slick. They were playful, breaching several times and crossing under and around the boat.' It was quite the cozy unit: An adult male, two females and one juvenile, out on foray. The male, with a drooped-over dorsal fin, had been seen in the channel before. 'We stayed with them for approximately an hour before heading off the see the Painted Cave and the rest of Santa Cruz Island,' Diane Alps said. 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URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed Oct 8 16:35:45 2008 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:35:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Oct. 14 & 15 FSTS Lectures: Status of Red Abalone Recovery in So. CA Message-ID: Channel Islands National Park News Release October 7, 2008 For Immediate Release Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725 Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 382-6151 #102 Status of Red Abalone Recovery in Southern California During the October ?From Shore to Sea? lectures, Ian Taniguchi, a senior biologist with California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), will speak about abalone recovery following an over 10-year closure of this fishery in southern California. He will describe the State plans for abalone recovery including consideration of a possible limited fishery for red abalone at San Miguel Island. Taniguchi will describe the decline and current state of five species of abalone and the current state of the Abalone Recovery and Management Plan (ARMP) that was adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission in 2005 as a framework for abalone recovery and management. Recently, the commission directed the CDFG to explore the possibility of a limited fishery for red abalone at San Miguel Island, which is within an abalone fishing moratorium area established in 1997 to protect the severely depleted populations. Taniguchi will describe how the once lucrative red abalone fishery at the Channel Islands collapsed in the early 1990s, explain the reasons behind the current moratorium, and options being considered for a fishery at San Miguel Island. In his over sixteen-year career with CDFG Taniguchi has studied and managed marine invertebrate fisheries, including sea urchin and abalone. He currently serves as the statewide coordinator for implementation of abalone recovery and management efforts. He is a certified SCUBA diver and has broad experience diving throughout the Channel Islands and California. The ?From Shore to Sea? lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary with generous support from Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The purpose of the series is to further the understanding of research on the Channel Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures will occur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center, 1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and open to the public. 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Predictably, the Navy argues that halting or restricting sonar training exercises in any way harms national security. If the judges' comments are any indication, the court is likely to rule in the Navy's favor this spring. Justice Samuel Alito wondered aloud how a lone judge could ever restrict anything the Navy does, Justice Antonin Scalia characterized the required-but-still-not-done environmental impact statement as "procedural," Chief Justice John Roberts said that if the Navy didn't train with active sonar, another Pearl Harbor-type attack would likely happen, and even Justice Stephen Breyer said, "The whole point of the armed forces is to hurt the environment. You go on a bombing mission -- do they have to prepare an environmental impact statement first?" sources: Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Associated Press _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. 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Ship strikes kill one or two whales a year and are the main threat to the species, which has been endangered since 1970. Less than 400 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild. The new rule will go into effect in December and expire in five years unless renewed. sources: Associated Press, International Fund for Animal Welfare _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A discussion by the commissioners and a final vote on the Navy'srequest will follow. Here are the details: Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008Time: Meeting begins at 9:00 a.m.Place: Ventura County Board of Supervisors 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009 _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together?at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Navy refused > to comply with those recommendations, even after two subsequent > court orders. > > Now, the Navy is asking the Commission for an even more > expansive use of sonar in the area. > > Please go to http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/ndSBOa119PYi/ > right now and urge the California Coastal Commission to reject the > Navy's request, unless it commits to simple precautions that > will protect marine life. We only have until October 14. > > The Commission's staff has already concluded that, without > additional protections, the Navy's extensive use of sonar would > cause significant harm to California's marine mammals. It > recommended that the Navy avoid biologically sensitive areas > (especially during key migration periods), turn off sonar when > marine mammals are sighted close to the sonar ship, and improve > monitoring for marine mammals before the sonar is turned on. > > Please tell the Coastal Commission to reject the Navy's latest > plan. > > Go to http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/ndSBOa119PYi/ right away. > It's crucial that the Commission hear from concerned > Californians before October 14. > > Thanks again for taking action in support of marine mammals off > the coast of California. > > Sincerely, > > Frances Beinecke > President > NRDC Action Fund > -------------------------------------------------- > > If you would prefer not to receive action alerts and updates, > you can click here to remove yourself from this list: > http://www.nrdconline.org/actionfund/remove-domain-direct.tcl?ctx=subscription&nkey=wgxwiin2r758t8we& > (or you can reply to this email with the word "remove" in the > subject line.) > > To update your email or mailing address, or to view all your > subscriptions, click here: > http://www.nrdconline.org/actionfund/smp.tcl?nkey=wgxwiin2r758t8we& > > The NRDC Action Fund is the 501(c)(4) affiliate of the Natural > Resources Defense Council (NRDC). > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Sun Oct 12 18:52:30 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:52:30 -0500 Subject: [CINC] Condor, Oct. 12 Message-ID: <20081013015230.d376a81e@corp.kvcinc.com> Sightings: two blue whales 1000 commons >>>>> A smaller group of passengers on the Condor was very hopeful to see whales and eager to learn. Probably 60% were not Americans. The sea was fairly calm and visibility was excellent. We found one juvenile blue near the gap and got average sorts of views, no flukes, etc. We then were joined by a larger adult blue and got nice views of both whales for quite a while. One whale lunged near the surface, exposing the full side view, pectoral fins and tail, very nice, for those that were paying attention. How very important it is to always pay attention and be observant, and some things only happen once and briefly at that. After a visit to painted cave we found a large pod of commons and everyone was happy. If that doesn't make you happy, you should really see someone about that! Oh, I nearly forgot!!! Thanks to one eagle-eyed, eyes peeled, paying attention passenger, a few of us got to see a nice blue shark just below the surface! Very nice. About 12 feet long? My guess. Regards, Scott Cuzzo -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From kathleen.roos at navy.mil Tue Oct 14 07:51:34 2008 From: kathleen.roos at navy.mil (Roos, Dr. Kathleen S. NFI) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:51:34 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Xpress, Sat Oct. 11 In-Reply-To: <20081013015230.d376a81e@corp.kvcinc.com> References: <20081013015230.d376a81e@corp.kvcinc.com> Message-ID: CNIC, Very rough day at sea. Captain Matt informed all he would try to get them out to the island but it was not to be. Two blue whales were spotted and we hung with them for quite some time. Lot's of rocking and rolling going on with the normal chumming. No dolphins, seals or sea lions. Even the shore birds were staying close to shore. Was great just to be out there! Kathleen --- From staci at savzsea.com Tue Oct 14 12:30:32 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:30:32 -0700 Subject: [CINC] UPDATE! TIME CHANGE on Whales & sonar hearing in Ventura Message-ID: If you can't attend but want to make your thoughts known see below. REMEMBER to leave your CINC uniform at home if you attend this! If you are planning on attending the California Coastal Commission public hearing TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 15th in Ventura. THE TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED to 10:00 AM They expect the Commission to discuss the Navy's request starting around 11:00 a.m. and the meeting should last for a few hours after that. At the meeting, the commissioners will consider the Navy's newest request to conduct sonar training exercises off California's coast. Navy representatives are expected to be there. A room packed with whale supporters couldn't hurt. If you wish, you'll also have a chance to speak out publicly for protective steps the Navy could take to protect whales and other marine life during its proposed exercises. Zak Smith, from NRDC's Marine Mammal Protection team, will be there to answer questions and guide you through the process. A discussion by the commissioners and a final vote on the Navy's request will follow. Here are the details: Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Time: Meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. (sonar portion should start around 11:00 a.m.) Place: Ventura County Board of Supervisors, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009 IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS KNOWN AT http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/ndSBOa119PYi/ We only have until October 14!!! You can urge the California Coastal Commission to reject the Navy's request, unless it commits to simple precautions that will protect marine life. Staci Kaye-Carr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria at rasnowpeak.com Tue Oct 14 14:46:45 2008 From: maria at rasnowpeak.com (Maria G. Ornelas) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:46:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 10/13/08 Message-ID: Hi Naturalists Sightings: Whales: one Humpback 2 Blue Others: Common dolphins (one large, one small pod) Sea lions Harbor seal Birds galore We left a calm/sunny harbor with Captain Dave and crew at the helm. Thirty passengers, some from Germany, Turkey, Holland Colorado, Goleta, fellow naturalist Tara Brown, photo ID? and myself. We encountered the Humpback 25 minutes later, as we were headed for SCI. An adult female, according to Dave. She seemed to be enjoying the sun, spending quite a bit of time on the surface. She was about 50 feet from the boat, we could hear her exhalation, and everyone was delighted, taking pictures, especially when she dove, showing-off her lovely fluke (3 times), we watched her for almost half hour. At 11:15, NW of SCI, we came upon a feeding frenzy of Common Dolphins, sea lions, and birds galore. The largest flock of pelicans I had ever seen. There were many Western and Heermann's Gulls. There was also a large flock of small, black birds, similar to Black Oystercatchers but without the orange beak. We encountered o larger pod of Commons as we continued our search for Blue whales. At 11:45 we spotted our first one. We enjoyed her company for a few minutes until it dove, delighting us with its beautiful, massive fluke. This whale resurfaced 15 minutes later, stayed on the surface of the water for 9 minutes, and dove again, showing its fluke again. We left and headed towards SCI. We did not go far, again, another Blue whale entertained us for a few minutes until it dove, fluke and all. Finally, Captain Dave took the happy passengers along SCI to Painted Cave, where the excitement continued. The water was teeming with what Tara said may be anchovies. As we were leaving, we saw a pelican close by, feasting on this food source. What a perfect Monday it turned out to be out in our beautiful SB channel. Maria G. Ornelas maria at rasnowpeak.com \ / \ / ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. / \ / \ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The open seats are: *Business Member and Alternate, Commercial Fishing Member and Alternate, Conservation Member and Alternate, Non-consumptive recreation Member and Alternate, two Public-at-large Members, Research Member and Alternate, and Tourism Member. * Candidates will be selected based on their expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying, community and professional affiliations, views regarding the protection and management of marine resources, and availability to attend meetings. _Sanctuary advisory council member application packages are available at the sanctuary's Web site, http://channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/news.html. Completed applications should be submitted to Danielle.lipski at noaa.gov by *October 24th. * _ The advisory council has played a vital role in advising the sanctuary and NOAA on critical issues and is currently focused on the protection of large cetaceans in the Santa Barbara Channel and climate change. The advisory council meets bi-monthly in public sessions in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and ensures public participation in sanctuary management. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council was established in December 1998 to assure continued public participation in the management of the sanctuary. The advisory council's 21 voting members represent a variety of local user groups, as well as the general public, plus 10 local, state and federal government jurisdictions. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary was designated in 1980 to protect marine resources surrounding San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands. The sanctuary spans about 1,300 square miles extending from island shorelines to six miles offshore and encompasses a rich diversity of marine life, habitats, and historic and cultural resources. -- ........................................................... 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Shortly thereafter he located a pair of Blues which we stayed with for a while. Then Cap'n Mat spotted a spout in the distance, which he said was a Humpback, so off we went in sarch of the Humpie. Cap'n Mat found the pair and we were treated by them with several flukes. As previouslu stated it was a beautiful day and a very successful whale watch! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Great treat for the 30 some passengers who had spent the day hiking (20 with me to Cavern Point with 12 continuing over to Potato Harbor) and then cooling toes in the surf. Flat sea and beautiful hot day made tolerable by a breeze. The only nuisance was the flies around the ranch buildings and on the beach. carole Carole Rosales carole at earthlink.net Home:805 482 0259 Cell:805 405 1681 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sat Oct 18 09:57:42 2008 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Friday's 5 Humpbacks Message-ID: <914132.29532.qm@web83202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> What -?apx. five (5) Humpback Whales including prob.one juvenile. When?- Friday Oct. 17, 2008) about 16:20 Where -bout 20 minutes from Scorpion before platforms Vessel -Island Adventure Skipper?- Articulate CINC/IPCO?Capt. Lee Fleischer ? Impression: after Scorpion hikes on a spectacularly calm?clear Edenesque Friday,?aboard this?handsome catamaran, ?the Santa Barbara Channel revealed for almost 15 minutes this?pod of about 5 cavorting (many blows, some lovely flukes)?late season large Cetacea, in addition to several pods of?common dolphins, to the delight of some 30 passengers, crew and CINC volunteer Marty Flam. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Today the National Marine Fisheries Service announced its long-awaited decision to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as "endangered" under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a genetically distinct and geographically isolated population whose numbers have plummeted by more than 50 percent in the past decade. The Cook Inlet beluga population's status is so perilous that in 2006 the scientific experts at the World Conservation Union (IUCN) placed the Cook Inlet beluga on its Red List for critically threatened species. The expert agency charged by Congress with protecting marine mammals ? the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission ? repeatedly requested that the Fisheries Service list the species under the Endangered Species Act....... http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2008/beluga-10-17-2008.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is about 4 months old now, and must have barely been weaned when it requested lodging, in quite a dehydrated state. Peter reports he or she came from one of two rookeries on the island. This year 1000 pups were counted at the Castle Rock rookery, up from 700 last year. Nearly three quarters of their population bear pups and breed in the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea, and only a small fraction of their overall population exist on our SMI. According to Peter, newly weaned pups often spend up to 22 months at sea before returning to their original rookery. Guess this fella or gal had different ideas. But, I do know there are quite a few life-like seal pups by the gift shop window! Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They were jumping everywhere; 3 here; 5 there; all in unison; everywhere you look was jumping and flying dolphins. Some were even jumping straight up in the air and spinning like a Spinner Dolphins all in an amazing circus act. Then I saw the first blow of the day as we were headed toward SRI and it was a monster blow, even at quite a distance. Capt. Dave turned the boat to go back toward SCI where we saw the blow and we saw a 2nd huge blow and realized there were 2 monster blue whales in the area. We hung out with these 2 whales for about 20 minutes until I saw a huge splash in the distance that looked like the size of 3 breaching whales at the same time. It was the biggest splash I have ever seen. We left the pair of blues we were watching to investigate the giant splash. When we got to that area, we were witnessing what can only be described as racing behavior. There were initially 2 blue whales that were racing, lunging and rolling which created a huge amount of splashing. They were chasing each other and lunging forward with 1/3 of their body out of the water. This created huge splashes with water flying everywhere. Then a 3rd whale showed up and the behavior intensified even more. I got some pictures with 3 whales all at the surface lunging and rolling around. After watching the show for a while, 2 of them raced directly to the boat. They were headed straight for us like a guided missile and the lead whale's dorsal fin surfaced immediately in front of the boat and then the head surfaced less than 20 feet from the starboard side of the boat. The 26 passengers from around the world including Ireland, Czech Republic, OK, NJ, TX and the LA area were all truly stunned at this spectacular display of nature. After waking up to fog where we could not see the fence in our back yard we were very grateful for the relatively clear sys once we got about 2 miles off shore and the day was definitely one of the best whale watching days ever! 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From: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Subject: Reminder: SB Ocean Film Festival this Wednesday & Thursday Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:25:25 -0400 (EDT) Size: 13086 URL: From garydel at aol.com Mon Oct 20 18:17:55 2008 From: garydel at aol.com (garydel at aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:17:55 -0400 Subject: [CINC] CINC 10/20 Message-ID: <8CB0131FB063644-1400-16DB@WEBMAIL-MY24.sysops.aol.com> ?First, the essentials... somewhere between five and nine Blue whales (the same whales probably seen numerous times...) and a micro pod of 4 to 5 common dolphins. Similar to the report of 10/19, blues were encountered in the same area.? It is possible that some of the same whalesfrom yesterday's phenomenal report were seen again today, but it is also clear that some new blue whales were seen also.? Perhaps quite not as dramatic as yesterday, but still intriguing, one Blue demonstrated the classics spy-hop right in front of the Condor.? On other occasions, the Blues accelerated along the surface and actually seemed to be approaching the boat.? By the way, the "micro pod" of common dolphins were spotted for a fleeting second upon sight of the first Blue whale.? A small crowd of about 21 people spanning the globe from Minnesota to Texas to Serbia all reported a good day under good conditions bearing witness to some exciting Blue whale behavior. Gary Delanoeye -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Wed Oct 22 23:49:35 2008 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:49:35 EDT Subject: [CINC] Orca Stranding on Kauai 10/22/08 Message-ID: Aloha Greetings All, Before the media frenzy hits, I thought I'd send a quick note on an orca stranding in Poipu, HI today. An eighteen foot female subadult orca (determined by experts from Oahu and Kauai) came in the surf at the popular south shore Brenneke's Beach around midnight last night. I wasn't on sight to see it myself today, but told she was very thin with "whale lice." After spending time with the animal, the field experts decided the orca could not be rehabilitated. She was humanely euthanized, and taken to an anonymous location for a necropsy and land burial. At present time, there have been no facts or results given. (There was a Hawaiian ceremony given for the orca, with an estimated 300+ people on the beach.) Tomorrow/Thursday you can check _www.kauaiworld.com_ (http://www.kauaiworld.com) for a more detailed article in the Garden Island News. Hopefully there will be an official press release soon. Take care, Debra **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211625659x1200715650/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=82&bcd=emailf ooter) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Thu Oct 23 10:49:41 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:49:41 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Orca Stranding on Kauai 10/22/08] Message-ID: <20081023104941.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.acf0d289f0.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Hello Fellow CINCers, Debra Herring emailed me asking... "If you find the article on the orca @ www.kauaiworld.com by reporter Dennis Fujimoto, please post it. I have to leave this morning at 6:45 and will be gone all day (today is Science on the Ship)." So here's the link ...... http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/10/23/news/kauai_news/doc490014c743530738276839.txt Staci On Oct 22, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Deb4nb at aol.com wrote: Aloha Greetings All, Before the media frenzy hits, I thought I'd send a quick note on an orca stranding in Poipu, HI today. An eighteen foot female subadult orca (determined by experts from Oahu and Kauai) came in the surf at the popular south shore Brenneke's Beach around midnight last night. I wasn't on sight to see it myself today, but told she was very thin with "whale lice." After spending time with the animal, the field experts decided the orca could not be rehabilitated. She was humanely euthanized, and taken to an anonymous location for a necropsy and land burial. At present time, there have been no facts or results given. (There was a Hawaiian ceremony given for the orca, with an estimated 300+ people on the beach.) Tomorrow/Thursday you can check www.kauaiworld.com for a more detailed article in the Garden Island News. Hopefully there will be an official press release soon. Take care, Debra A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Fri Oct 24 11:00:40 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:00:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] "Island foxes' recovery is hailed" article in the VC Star Message-ID: <848437.10014.qm@web52311.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The Ventura County Star has posted a nice article on the Island Fox today. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/24/no-headline---nb1fcfoxes24/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Not yet ready to call it a day, on our way back, about 5 miles from SB, we ran into 3 blues, a female and 2 males. What was really interesting was the behavior of the males, who were jostling each other in an effort to assert dominance and the right to trail the female. The contest was pretty short-lived, and the loser quickly retired. Bart Francis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RDreher at roadrunner.com Sat Oct 25 07:33:36 2008 From: RDreher at roadrunner.com (Ron Dreher) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:33:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] (no subject) Message-ID: <00a001c936ae$abb7d210$0a00a8c0@DJX1D341> 7 Puget Sound Killer Whales Missing, Presumed Dead Saturday, October 25, 2008 * * SEATTLE - Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals. "This is a disaster," Ken Balcomb, a senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, said Friday. "The population drop is worse than the stock market." While the official census won't be completed until December, the total number of live "southern resident" orcas now stands at 83. Among those missing since last year's count are the nearly century-old leader of one of the three southern resident pods, and two young females who recently bore calves. The loss of the seven whales, Balcomb said, would be the biggest decline among the Puget Sound orcas since 1999, when the center also tracked a decline of seven whales. Low numbers of chinook salmon, a prime food for these whales, may be a factor in the unusual number of deaths this year, Balcomb said. "It was a bad salmon year and that's not good for the whales," he said. "Everybody considers these wonderful creatures, but we really have to pay attention to the food supply." The three pods, or families, that frequent western Washington's inland marine waters - the J, K, and L pods - are genetically and behaviorally distinct from other killer whales. The sounds they make are considered a unique dialect, they mate only among themselves, eat salmon rather than marine mammals and show a unique attachment to the region. The population reached 140 or more in the last century, but their numbers have fluctuated in recent decades. They were listed as endangered in 2005. "We may be in the beginning of another decline in the population," said Howard Garrett, director of the Orca Network, a nonprofit education and advocacy group. He said the whales seem to be having a harder time finding chinook salmon. The whales recently have been traveling over greater distances than usual, suggesting they may be ranging farther for food, said Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service. Lack of food may be a concern, but it's too early to know the reason for the unusual number of presumed deaths, he said. Pollution and a decline in prey are believed to be the whales' biggest threats, although stress from whale-watching tour boats and underwater sonar tests by the Navy also have been concerns. In the late 1960s and early '70s, the population fell as dozens were captured for marine parks. The whales were making an apparentg comeback in recent years, reaching 90 in number in 2005, "but it's been a downhill trend now for three years," Balcomb said. Among those missing are two female whales of reproductive age, both of which recently produced calves. One of those calves, L-111, is missing, while the other, J-39, is not. It's not unusual to lose older or younger whales, but losing two females in reproductive prime is "a bit of a concern" since they typically have a high survival rate, Hanson said. One female whale, known to scientists as L-67, had the potential for two or three more calves, Hanson said. She was the mother of "Luna," a juvenile killer whale from Washington waters that made headlines in 2001 when he became separated from his pod and turned up in Nootka Sound, off the west coast of Canada's Vancouver Island. A killer whale believed to be Luna died in Nootka Sound in 2006 when it was hit by the propeller of a large tugboat. L-67 showed clear signs of emaciation - a depression behind her blow hole - before she disappeared in September, Hanson said. "It definitely shows that she was not eating," he said, but it's unclear why. Researchers are performing tests on samples they collected from her weeks before she disappeared. Others missing, according to the center, include K-7, the 98-year-old matriarch of K-pod, and L-101, a 6-year-old male who is a brother of "Luna." The count also includes a calf, J-43, that was born in November but is believed to have not survived the winter. The whale census may increase if baby orcas are born this fall. And there's a slim chance the whales may reappear elsewhere, as "Luna" did, Hanson said. But Balcomb said: "We've been monitoring. They're just gone." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RDreher at roadrunner.com Sat Oct 25 07:36:12 2008 From: RDreher at roadrunner.com (Ron Dreher) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:36:12 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Blue Whale reported dead Message-ID: <00a501c936af$0800b2d0$0a00a8c0@DJX1D341> I was out on the water yesterday, and I heard on the VHF radio the report of a dead Blue Whale off the Catalina Island. This was a report from private boater. A short time later the USCG was reporting it as a notice to mariners. It was reported to be in the traffic separation zone. 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Thanks to all, Deb Clark --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Deborah Lee Clark wrote: From: Deborah Lee Clark Subject: Sub need Thursday, Oct 30 To: "CINC rain list" Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:50 PM Can anyone fill this spot, please?? I've just had to put my dog to sleep and I desperately need to get away for a little while and maybe, just maybe, find a new companion. Thanks, Deb Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fallenraider42 at msn.com Sun Oct 26 19:43:16 2008 From: fallenraider42 at msn.com (Anna Hilliard) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:43:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] mon 10/27 sub needed Message-ID: Can anyone take my whale watching trip tomorrow 10/27/08 on the Condor Express? It's from 10-2:30. Hope someone can take it on such short notice! 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We have the following outreach events next month: *11/6 La Patera Elementary School Science Night, Goleta *http://www.lapatera.goleta.k12.ca.us/* 11/8 Thousand Oaks Library MERITO Puppet Show *http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/24/puppet-show-celebrates-marine-life/ * 11/14 Aquarium of the Pacific NOAA and Our Planet Day *http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/newsevents/eventsdetail/noaa_and_our_planet_day/ *11/19 World GIS Day, Maplink in Goleta *http://gis.esri.com/gisday/detail.cfm?id=9805 * *Please see the web calendar for available shifts, there is something for everyone with these upcoming events! -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon Oct 27 14:01:42 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:01:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Gray Whale workshop in Monterey Message-ID: <49062C36.2030503@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Fellow CINC volunteer Eileen Avery sends the following information about a conference in Monterey: You may already be aware of the ACS Marine Mammal conference Nov 14-16 in Monterey. There is a fee associated with it. But... there is also a free Gray Whale and Climate Change Symposium on Monday, Nov 17, same place. CINC members may be interested in attending. Here's a link: http://www.acsonline.org/conference/changing2008/ACS2008Program.html -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of October 27: MON - 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE - 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x36 WED - 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x366 THU - 1:15-2:30pm, Oxnard (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI - 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara (805) 966-7107 x36 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bart at vnusinfo.com Fri Oct 31 19:21:17 2008 From: bart at vnusinfo.com (Bart Francis) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:21:17 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Substitute Needed Sunday Message-ID: Can anyone help me by taking my Anacapa trip this Sunday? I need to be out of town all of a sudden. 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