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-28
Behavior
Estimated
Distance to
Pile
(m)
Weather
Conditions
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.102 122 43.418 09:00 HSEA 1 NA NA 50/350 SW,SI 400 S 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.221 122 43.469 09:11 HSEA 1 NA NA 60/345 SW(E),DI 120 S 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.221 122 43.472 09:14 HSEA 1 NA NA 10/86 SW(S),DI 50 S 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.102 122 43.418 09:15 HSEA 3 NA NA 175/65 SW(N) 350 S 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:43
09:16 HSEA 3 NA NA 50/90 MI 85 F 1
Beaufort
Sea State
Notes
09:08, 09:18 LO, SI 09:27
SW into shut down zone.
Heading east towards
EHW1.
Heading south, in EZ, at
0929 swimming NW then
sank outside of EZ.
JR next to fire hydrant.
Swimming north.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.223 122 43.472 09:22 CASL 1 NA NA 50/264 SW(S),DI 110 F,S 1 Heading south.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 13:20 47 45.125 122 44.137 09:24 HSEA 2 NA NA 100/285 SW(N),SI 1000 F 1
Gillnetter nearby, but most
of gear is on boat. Looks
like haul is just ending.
HSEA swimming away
from vessel.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.218 122 43.483 09:47 HSEA 1 V Before 35/26 SW(N),DI 70 F,S 1 Heading north.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.219 122 43.477 09:55 HSEA 1 SSV During 30/228 LO,SI 95 F,S 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:00 12:07 - -
09:56-
10:05
CASL 35 SSV During 15/S RE,SW,VO 1300 C 0-1
No direction of travel, sank
as vibe began, at 09:57
resurfaced looking at vessel.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.219 122 43.477 10:01 HSEA 1 V During 250/341 SW(W),DI 310 F 1 Smaller animal.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:00 14:05
10:07-
10:11
CASL 1 V During 25/N SW,DI 1200 C 1
SW/DI, no change in
behavior.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.219 122 43.481 10:14 HSEA 1 V During 25/235 LO,SI 105 F,C 1 No direction of travel.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:00 12:07 - -
10:15-
10:20
CASL 35 V During 15/S RE,SW,VO 1300 C 0-1 2 HO (HSEA).
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.218 122 43.482 10:16 HSEA 1 V During 40/229 LO,DI,SL 120 F,C 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.217 122 43.482 10:23 HSEA 1 V During 25/270 LO,SW,DI 105 F,C 1
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 13:20 47 45.124 122 44.140 10:32 HSEA 1 V After 140/294 SW(S),SI NA OC 1
no direction, larger animal,
slapped as it dove.
Possibly heading east
towards EHW1, pale-faced
animal.
Swam slowly towards net
from north, seen to poke
head under cork line, head
pops up occasionally along
cork line, started closer to
tail buoy and slowly worked
net towards boat. The boat
was about 200 m away as
crow flies, but net was in a
long curve.
EHW 27-Oct-11 08:48 14:04 47 45.219 122 43.481 10:32 HSEA 1 V After 50/340 RE,DI 110 C 1 On back, then dove.