Science & Data

A very un-merry Christmas for one glider.

Leg 5 of the Joint Survey Along West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

By Stephanie Moore

...even to help us search for endangered humpback whales in the Mariana Islands.

The Summer 2016 California Current Ecosystem Survey will assess Coastal Pelagic Species populations in U.S. and Canadian waters from June 28 through September 23.

This Arctic survey of marine mammals in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, off the northern and western coasts of Alaska, has been conducted every year since 1979. A long-term dataset like this is both unusual and important. Exact dates and specific locations of the survey have varied over the years, but the study goals, general area of survey, and survey methods have stayed remarkably similar. ASAMM is co-managed by the NOAA Fisheries Marine Mammal Laboratory, and funded and co-managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Evidence for the earliest “Krill Trap” on record in the Western Beaufort Sea.

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone.

The kids are alright – Bowhead whale calves in the Alaskan Arctic.

Belugas - the “Where’s Waldo?” of the ASAMM study area.