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-17
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.242 122 43.500 09:00 HSEA 1 NA NA 25/32 SW(S),DI 80 F 0
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.248 122 43.478 09:11 HSEA 1 NA NA 10/336
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:30
LO,SW(E),
DI
Beaufort
Sea State
80 F 0
09:22 HSEA 1 NA NA 10/315 LO 35 F 1
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.257 122 43.484 09:34 HSEA 1 V Before 45/114 SW,DI 50 F 0
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:39 47 44.185 122 46.212 09:56 HSEA 1 V Before 35M/95 SW(S),SI 4,000 F 1
Notes
Heading south, could be
resight.
Heading east into EHW1,
small animal, at 09:17 in
same area.
Dist/ Dir from West corner
of fragmentation barrier
At 09:2,2 inside EHW1 in
piles, looking and diving
approximately 80 m from
pile, at 09:46 85 m from pile
inside EHW1 piles on west.
Very foggy (approximately
100 m visibility), HSEA
swimming 185 degrees.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.243 122 43.481 10:10 HSEA 1 V After 55/198 SW(SE),DI 80 F 1 Heading southeast.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.247 122 43.480 10:16 HSEA 1 V After 15/84 SW(S),DI 75 F 1 Heading south toward pile.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:39 47 45.217 122 43.433 10:19 HSEA 1 V After 10/200 SW,LO,DI 30 PC 1
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:39 47 45.217 122 43.433 10:45 HSEA 1 V During 5/057 LO,DI,FO 47 S 1
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:30
11:16 HSEA 1 V NA 15/0 LO 20 F 1
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.238 122 43.490 12:50 HSEA 2 V Before 10/224 LO,MI,DI 70 PC 2
Seen chasing fish and
feeding, right after hammer
off.
. Distance/direction from
west corner of fragmentation
barrier.
Milling, playing, looking at
vessel, dove heading east,
both smaller animals, one
darker.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:45 -- -- 13:04 CASL 1 SSV During 7/N HO 1,500 S 0 HO during soft 3.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.232 122 43.516 13:14 HSEA 1 V After 65/70 SW,DI 50 PC 2
In EZ heading southeast, resighted
at 1323 by JS out of
EZ, surfaced in EZ between
vibes.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.232 122 43.518 13:17 HSEA 1 V After 25/265 SW,LO,SI 110 PC 2
No direction of travel, at
13:23 to north
approximately 100 m from
pile heading north.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:05 47 45.234 122 43.486 13:28 HSEA 1 V During 100/340 RE,SI 150 PC 2 No direction of travel.
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:30
EHW 13-Oct-11 07:45 15:30
13:37 HSEA 1 V During 15/180 LO 55 S 1
13:58 HSEA 1 V During 10/270 LO 40 S 1
During pile driving. Normal
behavior observed. Dist/ Dir
from west corner of
fragmentation barrier.
Pile driving shut down. Dist/
Dir from West corner of
fragmentation barrier.