Section 1 Introduction - National Marine Fisheries Service - NOAA

Project Date
NBK at Bangor EHW-1 Pile Replacement Project Final Marine Mammal Monitoring Report
APPENDIX E
All Sightings During EHW-1 PRP Pile Driving and Non-Pile Driving Activities
Sighting occurred when no construction was ongoing
Sighting occurred during the 30-minute construction pre-watch
Sighting occurred during construction activity
Sighting occurred during the 30-minute construction post-watch
Time
Observation
Initiated:
Time
Observation
Completed:
Latitude Longitude Sighting
Time
Species
Number
of
Animals
Construction
Type
Construction
Monitoring
(Before/ During/
After)
Distance
(m)/Direction
to Animals (°)
Bangor, Washington E-1
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 4-Oct-11 07:50 16:42 47 44.002 122 44.886 07:50 CASL 7 NA NA 200/120 RE 1,800 PC 3
Beaufort
Sea State
Notes
Hauled out on WRA fence
and package.
EHW 4-Oct-11 08:05 16:40 47 45.012 122 43.451 08:05 HSEA 1 NA NA 100/170 SW,DI 450 OC 2 Waypoint 003.
EHW 4-Oct-11 08:05 16:40 47 45.176 122 43.361 08:57 HSEA 1 NA NA 120/275 SW,DI 75 OC,L 2 Waypoint 004.
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.308 122 43.452 07:00 HSEA 1 NA NA 40/335 LO,SI 105 OC 1
(Probably same seal noted in
Sighting 2). Notes: Smaller
seal, very dark, only visible
because not in pilings, seen
again inside EHW piles at
northwest end, 30 m from
end of piles,105 m from pile
to be driven (Waypoint
taken at EHW. 1 HSEA at
approximately 10 m east of
HSEA,07:24 Swift MMO
sees HSEA out north of end
OF EHW,MC mentions
seeing seal at 0727, Swift
sees 2 HSEA at same time
and same area
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.190 122 43.491 07:14 HSEA 1 NA NA 200/105 SW,DI 250 OC 1 Heading north.
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.190 122 43.499 07:20 HSEA 1 NA NA 25/290 SW,DI 105 OC 1 Heading south.
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.191 122 43.504 07:21 CASL 1 NA NA 30/255 TR 115 OC 1 Heading south
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 09:07 47 45.123 122 43.459 07:22 HSEA 1 NA NA 75/270 SW,LO,DI 150 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.190 122 43.512 07:23 HSEA 1 NA NA 180/360 LO,SI 120 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.182 122 43.534 07:28 HSEA 1 NA NA 150/8 SW,DI 160 OC 1
BM's Sighting #1, direction
of travel unknown
At fence line, direction of
travel unknown.