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-13
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.125 122 43.461 11:00 HSEA 1 SSV During 250/140 LO,SW,SI 350 PC 1
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 44.548 122 44.144 11:02 CASL 5 SSV During 180/54 MI,VO 1,450 PC 1
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.069 122 44.187 11:22 HSEA 1 V During 20/222 SI 935 PC 2
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 44.551 122 44.140 11:37 CASL 6 V During 90/57 MI,VO 1,500 PC 2
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.276 122 43.464 11:38 CASL 1 V During 75/22 TR 250 PC 1
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 44.563 122 44.059 11:47 CASL 1 v After 70/82 FL 1,450 PC 1
Beaufort
Sea State
Notes
Swimming north along
beach toward EHW1 and
piling
animals in water at Delta
pier-no change in behavior
observed, moving in and out
of water
DURING PAUSE IN VIBE
AFTER MC INVOKED A
THIRD SOFT START
VIBE ~15 MINUTES
AFTER PARTIAL SS?,
VIBE ON 11:26, MC
ALLOWING/DOING 3
SEPARATE SS STYLE
VIBES BUT SEPERATED
BY SEVERAL MINUTES,
THEN VIBE
multiple animals (likely all
previous sightings) near
vessel and fence line, in
water milling and vocalizing
1055 moved to west side
near ehw1 entrance, Manson
is moving DB6
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.069 122 44.187 12:42 HSEA 1 NA NA 120/356 TR,LO,SI 935 PC 1 Traveling 150 degrees.
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 44.888 122 43.748 12:52 HSEA 3 NA NA 100/125 HO 400 PC 1
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.206 122 43.428 13:26 HSEA 1 NA NA 5/345 LO,DI 45 PC 0
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.234 122 43.483 13:34 HSEA 2 NA NA 20/343 LO,SI 70 PC 1
EHW 12-Oct-11 13:40 17:45 -- -- 13:40 CASL 22 NA NA 7/N RE,VO,UN 1500 OC 0
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 44.529 122 44.083 14:23 HSEA 1 NA NA 400/330
RE,SW,SI,
DI
EHW 12-Oct-11 08:00 18:45 47 45.206 122 43.428 14:24 HSEA 1 V Before 5/345 SW,LO,DI 50 PC 0
EHW 12-Oct-11 13:40 17:45 -- -- 14:40 HSEA 1 V Before 10/E TR,SI 1,500 OC 0
Hauled out on small dock
west of Marginal pier
1454-1743 animals in and
out of EZ at 1743 MC called
for a two minute clear then
gave the ok to start
both heading east,
resurfaced near boat
looking, at 1443 still in area,
out of EZ looking then
sinking
CASLs were emitting many
behaviors and hauling on
and off the east end of the
package at Delta Pier N.
100 PC 1 14:27 SW, DI 15:57 LO, SI.