Vessel: Capts.
Port: Gloucester, MA
Date: June 26-28,2002
Organization: Center of Oceanic Research and Education
Recorder: Lisa F. and Jen C.
Day #1: Gloucester, Gilbert Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, S. Tip of Great
South Channel
9 Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus)
4 Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
75-99 Atlantic white sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
11-12 Northern Right whales (Eubalaena glacialis)
15-20 Unknown dolphin spp.
1 unknown balaenopterid whale
1 Minke whale (Balaenoptera acuturostrata)
8-10 Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus)
24-30 Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
60-70 Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)
80-100 Common or Saddleback dolphins (Delphinus delphis)
18 Basking Sharks
2 Ocean sunfish
Greater shearwaters, Sooty shearwaters, Manx shearwaters, Northern fulmars,
South Polar Skuas, Parasitic Jaegers, Leach's storm petrels, Wilson's Storm
petrels, Cory's shearwaters, Andubon's shearwaters, Northern Phalaroper
Day #2: Southern end of the Great South Channel North to the Channel off
Chartham, MA.
3 Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
71-99 Atlantic white-sided dolphins
1 Minke whale
25-31 Humpback whales
No Bird species
Day #3: Great South Channel off Chatham, MA up to Eastern edge of
Stellwagen Bank and then home!
10-12 Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus)
6 Minke whale (Balaenoptera acuturostrata)
42-49 Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Humpback names: Valley, Skewer, Warrior and calf, Filaments, Wizard
and calf, Spicule,
Staff and calf, Drip, Catspaw, Dawn, Hailbop,
Damask, Zeplin and calf,
Reflection, Detrel, Grommet, Vulture, Iris, Nine,
Ozone
255-375 Atlantic white sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
2 unknown balaenopterid whale
7 Basking Sharks
Birds: Northern Gannet and Common Tern Greater shearwaters, Sooty
shearwaters, Manx shearwaters, Northern fulmars, South Polar Skuas,
Parasitic Jaegers, Leach's storm petrels, Wilson's Storm petrels, Cory's
shearwaters, Andubon's shearwaters, Northern Phalaroper
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