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-25
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:04 HSEA 1 NA NA 33/240 LO,SI 30 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:07 HSEA 1 NA NA 30/160 LO,SI 25 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:09 HSEA 1 NA NA 25/190 LO,SI 28 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:25 17:07
Beaufort
Sea State
14:12 STSL 1 NA NA 30/SE EW 2000 S 0 to 1
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:13 HSEA 1 NA NA 5/87 LO,SI 50 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.209 122 43.498 14:15 HSEA 1 NA NA 45/22
SW(E),LO,
DI
15 S 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:18 HSEA 1 NA NA 30/205 SW(S),DI 40 C 0 Adult.
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.072 122 43.427 14:19 HSEA 1 NA NA 75/110 SW(N),DI 275 PC 2
Notes
Could be going north, slide
off north side of southern
package
Seen during 30inute prewatch.
Small gray juvenile.
Stopped WRA transects at
11:20 and took up a central
stationary position.
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 46.342 122 42.696 14:20 HPOR 3 NA NA 200/240 TR(190) NA S 1 2 adult and juvenile.
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:25 HSEA 1 V Before 30/192 SW(S),FO 30 C 0 Fish seen in mouth (sculpin)
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:29 HSEA 1 V Before 45/125 LO,SI 35 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 13:40 17:15
EHW 17-Oct-11 13:40 17:15
14:30 HSEA 1 V Before 50/0 MI 35 Clear 2
14:49 HSEA 1 V Before 5/270 MI 20 S 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.213 122 43.499 14:51 HSEA 1 V Before 5/26
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.072 122 43.427 14:53 HSEA 8 SSV During 175/20
SW(NW),
DI
LO,MI,DI
(N,S,E,W)
58 S 2
200 PC 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 14:58 HSEA 1 V During 27/200 LO,SI 30 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 15:00 HSEA 1 V After 25/210 LO,SI 35 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.072 122 43.427 15:08 HSEA 1 V After 30/12 LO,SI 240 PC 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.209 122 43.518 15:09 HSEA 2 V After 90/96 SW(E),LO 70 S 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:15 17:09 47 45.206 122 43.503 15:15 HSEA 1 V After 35/75 SW,LO 35 S 2
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:20 17:09 47 45.250 122 43.433 15:28 HSEA 1 V Before 15/75 SW(N),DI 50 C 0
EHW 17-Oct-11 08:25 17:07
Originally sighted by PV
outside EHW-1.
Distance/direction from
capstan (MMO location)
Distance/direction from
southeast corner of D-6
(MMO location)
re-sight of small dark
seal/last sighted by Jonah.
8 animals in total sighting at
once, cannot track and get
behavior on all of them at
once. Animals dove in
various directions.
Hammer recently off. HSEA
looked towards pile. Small
juvenile.
Hammer recently off. HSEA
looked towards pile. Small
juvenile.
Heading east, possibly same
animal as sighted by JB
Surfaced during pause,
direction of travel unknown.
15:28 CASL 1 V Before 50/S TR(E),CH 2000 S 0-1 Outside boom.