[CINC] NMFS Article and Info on Gray Whale Migration

[Shauna Bingham]

Dear CINC Volunteers,

I thought you might find this NMFS article and info on gray whales useful
as we prepare to go full swing into the gray whale watch season:
Annual Gray Whale Migration UnderwayNOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
gray whale expert Wayne Perryman was recently interviewed in an
article<http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/29/early-whale-migration-spurs-excitement/>
 in the *San Diego Union Tribune* to discuss the annual migration of gray
whales. The eastern North Pacific gray
whales<http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?ParentMenuId=230&id=1431>
 are currently swimming south on their annual migration from their summer
feeding grounds in the Arctic to their winter calving areas in warmer
waters off the coast of Baja California and in the Gulf of California. The
whales are ahead of schedule and are traveling close enough to the
coastline that they are currently visible from shore in southern California.
 Learn more <http://swfsc.noaa.gov/news.aspx?id=17714> about eastern North
Pacific gray whale research.

article =
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/29/early-whale-migration-spurs-excitement/

gray whales = http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?ParentMenuId=230&id=1431

Learn more = http://swfsc.noaa.gov/news.aspx?id=17714


Don't forget we have a CINC In-service meeting on Wednesday, February 8th
at the park visitor center in Ventura  -- Dr. Charles Rennie will provide
us with a refresher and updates on status of marine mammals in the Southern
CA Bight. I am looking forward to seeing many of you on Thursday evening
for our Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner!

-- 
Shauna Bingham
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/
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