[CINC] CX 7/29/10

[Tina Johnson]

Hi all, this is just a reminder to report any basking shark sightings 
per Shauna's email (below).  I have seen a couple of reports about 
sightings recently, and it is important to get this data to our research 
coordinator, Steve, in the Santa Barbara office.  Thank you! :-)

Tina

*July 12, 2010*

Dear CINC Volunteers:
Please help to spread the word that Channel Islands National Marine 
Sanctuary is interested in receiving, as real time as possible, reports 
regarding basking shark sightings in the Santa Barbara Channel. Since 
basking shark sightings are rare, researchers from NOAA Fisheries have 
supplied the sanctuary research department with special basking shark 
tags so that we are able to respond to any reports in our region.

*If you have a basking shark sighting to report:* please be contact *Dr. 
Steve Katz, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Research 
Coordinator, at: Steve.Katz at oaa.gov <mailto:Steve.Katz at oaa.gov>, or 
805-963-3238 ext. 12*, with the date, time, and location of the basking 
shark (and direction of travel if that is obvious).

For more information about the basking shark tagging project please 
visit: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=FRD&id=16327 
<http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=FRD&id=16327>

The sanctuary is also working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Cal 
State Long Beach on white shark tagging in the Channel. For more 
information about the white shark tagging research: please visit
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/whiteshark.aspx
http://www.csulb.edu/web/labs/sharklab/research/index.shtml

Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for your support in 
passing the word around to the boat captains and to any others you know 
that spend a lot of time on the water.
--Shauna

Cubby Winkel wrote:
>
> 7/29/2010
>
>  
>
> 8 Blues
>
> 10 Humpbacks
>
> 75 Risso's Dolphins
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> 1 Basking Shark
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>
> We left the SB Harbor with heavy fog but within about thirty minutes 
> the sun broke through for another outstanding day at sea.  Can'n Mat 
> went almost to the West end of San Miguel before we began seeing  any 
> Whales.  The long trip was well worth the effort.  First we saw three 
> Humpies who did their best to entertain the 98 guests on board.  Then 
> Cap'n Mat moved to find Blues.  He found several Blues who actually 
> fluked multiple times.  Finally, as it was about time to move on five 
> more Humpies showed up along with a couple Blues.  We we aver treated 
> by this grouping.   When Cap'n Mat announced he needed to return to 
> the Harbor there was definitely an expression of regret by our 
> guests.  Cap'n Mat relented and spent a little more time with our 
> entertainers.  Oh, yes, I forgot to talk about the spectacular 
> sighting of the Basking Shark.  It actually approached the port side 
> of the boat and went under the boat.  Quite a sight!
>
>  
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> Crew:  Captain Mat, Captain Jacques & Brooke
>
>  
>
> Naturalists:  Gary Sullivan, Gary Delanoye & Cubby Winkel
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-- 
Tina Johnson
Ventura County Field Office
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
3550 S. Harbor Blvd.
Oxnard, CA 93035
(805) 382-6149 x 100
(805) 382-9791 Fax

Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov
http://channelislands.noaa.gov

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