Tag: migrating whales

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Orca Sightings Way Up This Year

6/14/2022 - By Paul Hunter. Orca sightings have been off the hook this year, all along the southern coast. They normally feed on baby gray whales during their annual migration north to Alaska, starting in late March to early June. They’re also known to swim closer to land to snack on sea… SEE MORE

Bodega Bay Crabbers Delay Friday Opener to Avoid Whales

Fishing

11/22/2019 - By Kirk Moore. Bodega Bay crabbers made an unprecedented decision to hold back from Friday’s scheduled Dungeness season opener, to avoid potential encounters with humpback whales gathered off the California coast. The fishery was marred by gear entanglements in the 2015-2016 season, and tightened state oversight could severely curtail this… SEE MORE

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Migrating Blue Whales Rely on Memory More than Environmental Cues to Find Prey

Environment

3/25/2019 - Oregon State University - Blue whales reach their massive size by relying on their exceptional memories to find historically productive feeding sites rather than responding in real time to emerging prey patches, a new study concludes. Researchers examining records of both whale migration and oceanic conditions in the California Current… SEE MORE

Tag: migrating whales

Orca Sightings Way Up This Year

Bodega Bay Crabbers Delay Friday Opener to Avoid Whales

Migrating Blue Whales Rely on Memory More than Environmental Cues to Find Prey

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