Section 1 Introduction - National Marine Fisheries Service - NOAA

Project Date
NBK at Bangor EHW-1 Pile Replacement Project Final Marine Mammal Monitoring Report
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-2
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.215 122 43.468 07:38 HSEA 1 NA NA 3M/SE OF PILE DI 4 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
07:40 HSEA 1 NA NA
50/270 from
northeast corner
of EHW
building
DI 150 S
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.255 122 43.455 07:44 HSEA 1 NA NA 6/250 SW,LO,DI 50 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
07:48 HSEA 1 NA NA 40/0 DI 30 S
08:00 HSEA 1 V Before 50/45 DI 45 S
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 09:07 47 45.123 122 43.459 08:10 HSEA 1 V Before 20/17 SW,LO,DI 170 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
08:11 HSEA 1 V Before 40/270 DI 40 S
08:13 HSEA 1 V Before 40/270 DI 40 S
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.306 122 43.478 08:45 HSEA 1 V After 10/340 MI,SI 160 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 09:07 47 45.123 122 43.459 08:51 HSEA 1 V After 125/17 SW,DI 225 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:20 17:23 47 45.199 122 43.529 09:00 HSEA 1 V After 80/355 SW,DI 100 OC 1
EHW 5-Oct-11 07:06 09:06
09:05 HSEA 1 V After 40/315 DI 20 S
EHW 6-Oct-11 07:50 16:42 47 43.680 122 44.735 08:16 HPOR 4 NA NA 100/175 SW(W) 2,800 OC 1-2
Beaufort
Sea State
Notes
Reported by MC , first seen
hauled out on float, 3 m
from pile, 07:39 seen
outside containment boom
in EZ.
Distance noted from capstan
at south end of EHW, unless
otherwise noted.
Up in EZ, heading 210
degrees down center of piles
towards pile to be driven,
08:00 in EZ under piles,
08:09 forward dive in EZ,
08:11 up in EZ, 08:13 up in
EZ.
07:39-08:28, HSEA in and
out of EZ.
Seen during 30 minute postdrive
outside north end
EHW.
Heading south, at 09:03 still
heading south.
Used EHW for distance to
pile; sighted southeast of
Charlie buoy
EHW 6-Oct-11 08:45 17:35 47 45.266 122 43.553 09:05 HSEA 1 NA NA 50/100 SW(S),DI 100 PC 2 Heading south.
EHW 6-Oct-11 08:45 17:35 47 45.271 122 43.461 09:10 HSEA 1 NA NA 15/100 LO,DI - PC 1
EHW 6-Oct-11 08:45 17:35 47 45.127 122 43.435 09:17 HSEA 1 NA NA 200/330 TR - OC 0
EHW 6-Oct-11 08:45 17:35 47 45.271 122 43.461 09:24 HSEA 1 NA NA 30/277 LO,DI 10 PC 1
EHW 6-Oct-11 08:45 17:35 47 45.127 122 43.435 09:36 HSEA 1 NA NA 150/115 TR - OC 0
EHW 6-Oct-11 07:50 16:42 47 46.855 122 43.401 09:50 HSEA 1 NA NA 50/274 LO,RE,SI 3,506 OC 2
On the hook inside EHW1,
no distance, since we do not
know where pile will be.
Attached to Columbia,
swimming at 225 degrees.
Note: distance is to "forks"
on Scandia, barge has yet to
be moved so don't know
where the pile will be.