Soundings -- the Newsletter of ACS Monterey Bay
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| Note: Sightings archived below are from the Monterey Bay Whale Watch website, where recent sightings and archived sightings back to October 1997 are available. | ||
| January 2012 | ||
| Calendar/New Media Releases | ||
| Chilean Wind Farm Faces Turbulence Over Whales | ||
| Hope In The Age Of Man | ||
| Hawaiian Swordfish Fleet Shuttered For Killing Endangered Sea Turtles | ||
| Record Number Of Blue Whales Sighted Off Washington Coast | ||
| Whale Fossil Bonanza In Desert Poses Mystery | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| November 2011 | ||
| Calendar/Book Recommendations | ||
| Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles Declared Endangered | ||
| Antarctic Killer Whales May Seek Spa-Like Relief in the Tropics | ||
| Bluefin Tuna Trade Exceeded Legal Quotas by 141 Percent, Study Says | ||
| New, Higher Estimates of Endangered Humpback Whales in the North Pacific | ||
| Metabolic Mysteries: Researchers Explore Connection Between Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| October 2011 | ||
| Calendar/Book Recommendations | ||
| A New Dolphin Species, Tursiops Australis | ||
| New Technique Fills Gap on Fossil Records | ||
| Ships in Blue Whales' Feeding Grounds Pose Threats | ||
| Fishing Boats Killing Up To 320,000 Seabirds a Year | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| September 2011 | ||
| Calendar/Book Recommendations | ||
| Researchers Map Migrations of Leatherback Sea Turtles | ||
| Ancient Whale Skulls | ||
| Pacific Walrus Studied as Ice Melts | ||
| Preserving 4% of the Ocean | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| August 2011 | ||
| Calendar/Book Recommendations | ||
| Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets | ||
| New Zealand Right Whale is Returning Home | ||
| Embargoed by Science | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| July 2011 | ||
| Annual Barbecue Saturday, August 6 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| How Humpback Whales Catch Prey with Bubble Nets | ||
| Killer Whale Tracked Making Incredible Journey | ||
| Seabirds Such As Albatross Killed by Longline Fishing | ||
| Study of Pacific Predators Shows Importance of biological 'Hot-Spots' | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| June 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Ocean on Sonic Overload | ||
| Seabird Fossil Found Near Half Moon Bay | ||
| Shark Fin Ban Passes Assembly | ||
| Whales Have Accents and Regional Dialects | ||
| Current and Future Patterns of Global Marine Mammal Biodiversity | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| May 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| Humpback Whale Songs Spread Eastward Like the Latest Pop Tune | ||
| Record Number of Whales, Krill Found in Antarctic Bay | ||
| New Models May Reduce Seabird Bycatch | ||
| Killer Whales in Antarctic Waters Prefer Weddell Seals Over Other Prey | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| April 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| White Shark Census Reveals Rarity Off California Coast | ||
| New Wintering Grounds for Humpback Whales Discovered Using Sound | ||
| NZ Fishing Cuts Whale Numbers in Antarctica | ||
| Naval Sonar Exercises Linked to Whale Strandings | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| March 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| Fish-eating (Resident) Killer Whales Sighted in Monterey Bay on Feb. 10, 2011 | ||
| Why Leatherback Turtles Linger in South Pacific Gyre, and Why it Matters to Stanford Researchers and the Turtles | ||
| Population Structure and Habitat Use of Fin Whales Along the U.S. West Coast | ||
| Flex Match: Photographic Identification Match of a Western Gray Whale to Cascadia's Catalog of Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| February 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| The Great Marlin Race | ||
| Blue Whale Sized Mouthfuls | ||
| Killer Whales Return To Cache of Food | ||
| Colossal Fossil | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| January 2011 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| John Olguin dies at 89 | ||
| California group seeks protections for Gray Whale | ||
| A dirge for the Bluefin Tuna | ||
| Understanding the vulnerable Northern Bottlenose Whale | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| November 2010 | ||
| 12th International ACS Conference | ||
| A Fond Farewell From Your President | ||
| Vaquita Vanishing | ||
| Saying no to shark-fin soup, and tradition | ||
| Killer whales endanger otters in Southwest Alaska, report says | ||
| First Genetic Evidence for Loss of Teeth in the Common Ancestor of Baleen Whales | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| Membership | ||
| October 2010 | ||
| 12th International ACS Conference | ||
| Another Deadly Challenge for the Sea Otter | ||
| Critically Endangered Whales May Be Fleeing Russian Oil and Gas Boom, Observers Fear | ||
| Whole Foods Market® empowers shoppers to make sustainable seafood choices | ||
| Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Protest Dolphin Drive Hunts in Japan | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Book Recommendations | ||
| Membership | ||
| September 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Blue Whales Align the Pitch of Their Songs With Extreme Accuracy, Study Finds | ||
| New U.S. Seafood Import Rules Would Reduce Harm to Marine Mammals in Foreign Fisheries | ||
| Final Push to Pass AB 1998 to Save Sea Turtles | ||
| California great white shark population on the rise, scientist says | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| August 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Call me Leviathan melvillei | ||
| Killer Whales and the mystery of human menopause | ||
| Krill harvest certification upsets conservationists | ||
| Dolphins prefer high-energy fish | ||
| Group has ideas to prevent Hawaii dolphin bycatch | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| July 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Humpback Whales form friendships | ||
| Whales closer to us than thought, say scientists | ||
| Sperm Whales may put a gentle (and unwitting) brake on climate change | ||
| New study shows decline in endangered Vaquita population | ||
| Pelagic Shark Foundation teams with Hopkins Marine Station to track Basking Sharks in Monterey Bay | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| June 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| "Human Rights" urged for whales and dolphins | ||
| Oil spill could wipe out Gulf's Sperm Whales | ||
| Research: Evolution of whale size link to diet: 'A huge size variation in cetaceans' | ||
| Scientists stunned as Grey Whale sighted off Israel | ||
| Cancer kills many Sea Lions, and its cause remains a mystery | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| May 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Commerce trumps science at CITES, threatened sharks and bluefin tuna still at risk | ||
| Calif. Gray whale-watchers fear dip in population | ||
| U.S. Leads new bid to phase out whale hunting | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| April 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Oscar winners try to keep whale off sushi plates | ||
| Special Feature: Wild Killer Whales in Monterey Bay (reprinted from http://www.montereybaywhalewatch.com/Features/WildKillerWhales1002.htm ) | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| March 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book recommendations | ||
| Experts observe whale hunt noise | ||
| Dolphins turn diabetes off and on -- hope for humans? | ||
| Herring that survived Alaskan oil spill may be endangered by Humpback Whales | ||
| Pioneering marine mammal scientist Ronald Schusterman dies at age 77 | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| February 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book recommendations | ||
| Watching for spouts Saturday, January 16 | ||
| Feds move to protect false killer whales | ||
| Killer whales off the coast of Scotland - Forming a new species? The 'type 2' dolphin hunting killer whales | ||
| ICCAT leaves albatross conservation dead in the water | ||
| Message from the chapter president | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| January 2010 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Book recommendations | ||
| Conservation groups file suit challenging new rule allowing Hawai'i swordfish fleet to triple its catch of sea turtles | ||
| The 'bycatch' downed by industrial fishing | ||
| Pitch of blue whale songs is declining around the world, scientists discover | ||
| Australian fossil unlocks secrets to the origin of whales | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| November 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Sperm whales act as carbon sink | ||
| Blue whale deaths off the California coast | ||
| Tuna ban 'justified' by science | ||
| Ban on slicing fins from live sharks | ||
| Book recommendations | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| October 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Dolphin slaughter turns sea red as Japan hunting season returns | ||
| List of threatened Arctic animals is growing | ||
| California legislature urges ban on swordfish imports to protect marine mammals | ||
| Comments to Ocean Task Force, focusing on national policy | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| September 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| 2009 Baldridge award winner | ||
| Oceana poll shows overwhelming support for protection of marine mammals | ||
| Seal ban seen as threat to Newfoundland villages | ||
| Southern right whales return to breed in Tasmania | ||
| Bluefin tuna are the new whales | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| August 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Why NOAA is banning Krill harvest off the West Coast | ||
| Bone bed tells of life along California's ancient coastline | ||
| 'Fishing puts a third of all oceanic shark species at risk of extinction | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| July 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Europe to hunt more whales than japan, figures show | ||
| UN calls for global ban on plastic bags to save oceans | ||
| 'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal whales | ||
| Polar bear and walrus populations in trouble, stock assessment report suggests | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| June 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Passing of Ken Blood | ||
| Giant cod and whales were once plentiful: Researchers | ||
| World's largest colony of endangered turtles found off West Africa | ||
| Thieving whale caught on video gives rare clues about hunting strategy, sound production | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Membership | ||
| May 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Study finds 6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins off Bangladesh | ||
| They're saving more than whales - Winner for education: the Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA | ||
| Over-fishing to wipe out bluefin tuna in 3 years | ||
| New publication on Blue Whale movements and population structure | ||
| Satellite tagging of mammal-eating Killer Whales | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable media | ||
| April 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Dr. Sam Ridgway - 2009 Norris Award Winner | ||
| Plastic garbage accounts for one-third of leatherback sea turtle mortalities | ||
| Conservation groups sue to protect false killer whales in Hawai'i - Longline fishery killing whales at twice sustainable levels | ||
| Canned tuna: Go beyond the label to find healthy, dolphin-friendly tuna | ||
| Slaughter of the seals in Russia is stopped by Vladimir Putin | ||
| Killing sea lions won't save salmon | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable media | ||
| March 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Hawaii tuna longliners snag and kill more dolphins, whales, and seabirds in 2008 | ||
| Fossil of pregnant whale found | ||
| War against ivory trade takes to the sea | ||
| Save the whale (again): Secret plan to lift hunting ban | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable media | ||
| February 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Federal government considers ban on imported swordfish to protect marine mammals | ||
| Is this the end of the bluefin tuna? | ||
| New paper on one of Hawai’i's rarest species of whales, the pygmy killer whale | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| January 2009 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Japan sells Icelandic whale meat | ||
| Seven Southern Resident Killer Whales missing! | ||
| Whales' teeth are aid to mating | ||
| President's Message | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| November/December 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| A mass mammal extinction | ||
| One-third of world's fish catches are being wasted as animal feed | ||
| Mexico pays fisherman to help save a species | ||
| Whale had leg, wiggled hips, study says | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| October 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Whale entanglement | ||
| Neanderthals ate dolphins, seals, cave remains suggest | ||
| Conservation groups to offer Sustainable Sushi Guide: 'You'll Avoid Redlisted Sushi' | ||
| The five most endangered whales | ||
| Pacific salmon could vanish like Atlantic cod | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| September 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Marine Biologist: Decline of blue whale led to fall of krill; 'Antarctic Paradox' linked to Excrements | ||
| "New" killer whale types at risk from Antarctic warming | ||
| Research on blue whales near shipping lanes in the Santa Barbara Channel, August 2008 | ||
| Scientists follow turtles for their own good | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable media | ||
| August 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Fisheries, Not Whales Blamed For Shortage Of Fishes | ||
| Faroe whales show new pollutant spreads worldwide | ||
| ACS Blue Whale Trip, LA Report | ||
| Monterey Bay Pulsing With Life | ||
| Inspiring Change at The 60th Annual International Whaling Commission Meeting | ||
| Sightings | ||
| Notable books | ||
| July 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| New Zealand moves to protect rare dolphins | ||
| Caribbean monk seal gone extinct from human causes, NOAA confirms | ||
| Blue whale song is getting deeper | ||
| Chilean waters declared whale sanctuary | ||
| Whaling body agrees path to peace | ||
| Notable books | ||
| Sightings for June 2008 | ||
| June 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Most North Pacific Humpback Whale populations rebounding | ||
| Whales are 'Cheetahs of the Deep' | ||
| Eleven leatherback turtles to compete in the Great Turtle Race across the Pacific Ocean | ||
| Ice dwellers are finding less ice to dwell on | ||
| Sightings for May 2008 | ||
| May 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Killer whale attacks on humpback whales in the North Pacific | ||
| Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears | ||
| The 2008 seal hunt: Increases in quotas as well as pressure from anti-sealing countries | ||
| New publications on underwater behavior of blue whales | ||
| Sightings for April 2008 | ||
| April 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Notable Books | ||
| Leatherback Sea Turtles Followed On 12,700 Mile Migratory Journey Across The Pacific | ||
| Unknown blue whale population discovered off southern Chile | ||
| Members of Lpod sighted heading south off Monterey Coast January 27, 2008 | ||
| Sightings for March 2008 | ||
| March 2008 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Notable Books | ||
| Human Shadows on the Seas by Andrew C. Revkin | ||
| Beaked Whales Actually Hear Through Their Throats | ||
| Dolphin Dies Near Sonar Site | ||
| Sightings for February 2008 | ||
| February 2008 | ||
| Report on Jan. 19 whalewatching fundraiser | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Judge rejects Navy request for sonar training exemption | ||
| Scientists track down the whale's walking ancestor | ||
| Until All the Fish are Gone | ||
| Greenpeace Online, Breaking News: Activists Confront Whalers | ||
| Sightings for January 2008 | ||
| January 2008 | ||
| Baleen Whales Able To Swallow Busload of Water | ||
| Whalewatching Fundraiser January 19 | ||
| Gray Whales a Fraction of Historic Levels, Genetic Research Shows | ||
| Japanese Whalers Hunt Humpbacks for First Time in Decades | ||
| Ancient Whale Fall Found from Año Nuevo Island | ||
| Sightings for November and December 2007 | ||
| November 2007 | ||
| Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Bills to Protect California's Ocean Resources | ||
| U.S. Dept of Interior Ignores Marine Mammal Population Decreases | ||
| Sanctuary Symposium, April 5, 2008 | ||
| Here Today: Will They Be Here Tomorrow? Vaquita, Baiji, Pink River Dolphin (Boto), Grey River Dolphin | ||
| WHALING IN MICRONESIA | ||
| Bottlenose Dolphin - CLASSIC RESCUE BY DOLPHINS | ||
| SOLOMON ISLANDS EXPORT LIVE DOLPHINS | ||
| Risso's Dolphin - DOLPHIN STRANDINGS ARE A BIG PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE | ||
| Just TWO Common Dolphins? | ||
| Sightings for October 2007 | ||
| October 2007 | ||
| Welcome to Tony Lorenz, Soundings Editor Again | ||
| Book Review by Alan Baldridge: Whales, Dolphins, and Other Marine Mammals of the World By Hadoram Shirihai, illustrated by Brett Jarretta | ||
| Whales Get Blown Off: Federal Court Says Navy Can Do Sonar Testing | ||
| The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary re: Cetaceans in That Area | ||
| Danger in the Channel Islands - Santa Barbara Channel: Ships vs. Whales | ||
| Warming May Be Hurting Gray Whales' Recovery | ||
| Gray Whale Shot, Killed in Rogue Tribal Hunt | ||
| Possible New Rules in Permits for Scientists and Photographers, Section 104 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act | ||
| Cat Litter Killing Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises | ||
| Sightings for September 2007 | ||
| September 2007 | ||
| Some Characteristics of a Leatherback Turtle's Appearance | ||
| Cruise Discovers Concentration of Blue Whales Off British Columbia | ||
| An Offshore Early Warning System: Cassin's Auklets | ||
| Krill in Monterey Bay: Much, Little or Variable | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Sightings for August 2007 | ||
| August 2007 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Annual Blue Whale Watch August 18 | ||
| Whales and Dolphins Seen on Our Summer Whale Watches: Risso's Dolphin, Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Dall's Porpoise, Harbor Porpoise, Common Dolphin, Blue Whale, Killer Whale, Minke Whale, Baird's Beaked Whale, Humpback Whale, Sperm Whale. | ||
| Sightings for July 2007 | ||
| July 2007 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Annual Blue Whale Watch August 18 | ||
| Report of meeting of the International Whaling Commission | ||
| Cetacean Miscellany: Aged Bowhead, Belugas, Sushi Company, Sonar, More Sonar | ||
| Sightings for June 2007 | ||
| June 2007 | ||
| So, where are the blue whales? | ||
| Whales assumed to have returned to ocean | ||
| Karl Kenyon and His Classic Book, The Sea Otter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean | ||
| ACS Monterey Bay Supports Research Projects for 2007 | ||
| Sea Otter Census Data and Analysis by Steve Shimek of The Otter Project | ||
| Sightings for May 2007 | ||
| May 2007 | ||
| Global Warming and Starving Sea Life: Some Days the News Just Isn't Very Good! from Science Direct | ||
| Congress Moves on Energy and Pollution at Sea: Some Days the News Improves with the Right E-mail from National Resources Defense Council's Legislative Watch | ||
| Gray Whale Calves' Diving Ability: Surface Intervals and Dive Duration by Bridget Watts | ||
| ACS Monterey Bay Members Interact with Children at the School Near San Ignacio Lagoon by Carol Maehr | ||
| The Great Turtle Race | ||
| Sightings for April 2007 | ||
| April 2007 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| New Board Members | ||
| Orcas Touring | ||
| Vivid Writings For A Good Cause | ||
| The Death Star Returns to the Land of the Rising Sun: No More Whales Will Die This Season. | ||
| Conservation Action | ||
| TOPP: Tagging of Pacific Pelagics | ||
| Finding the Singer By His Song: Humpbacks in Nicaragua, Feb. 2007 by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| Sightings for March 2007 | ||
| March 2007 | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Obituary: John E. Heyning, 50; Marine Biologist Known in Southland as 'Whale Man' | ||
| "Our" Humpbacks in Nicaragua | ||
| Book Review: Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems | ||
| Would Your Old Research Equipment Like a New Home? | ||
| Sightings for February 2007 | ||
A selection of interesting articles from earlier Soundings:
| January 2006 | ||
| What's Out There - Sometimes It May Be a Shock As Well As a Surprise by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| September 2005 | ||
| ACS Sees the "BLUE" of Blue Whales by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| March 2003 | ||
| "Stampede" - or, Some Observations on This Year's Gray Whale Southward Migration by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| April 2002 | ||
| Look and Listen for Humpback Whales by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| January 2001 | ||
| The International ACS Conference in Monterey a Great Success | ||
| Orca Odyssey | ||
| Rare visitor: Short-finned pilot whale | ||
| June 2000 | ||
| Special 20th anniversary supplement | ||
| April 1999 | ||
| Watching Whales: Art and Nature by Esta Lee Albright | ||
| November 1998 | ||
| Watching Whales: Whale Spouts by Esta Lee Albright | ||
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ACS Monterey Bay Chapter
Post Office Box HE
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
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Last updated January 13, 2012