Subject: Data/NSB/May 25 97/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Spirit/
Yankee Fleet: Carol Hill/Lisa Foerster (yankee@tiac.net)
Wed, 28 May 1997 09:29:26 -0700
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Location: Gloucester, MA
Date: May 25 1997
Sea State: 3" - 1.5 feet
Swell Height: 1 foot
Wind: 6-10 knots
Direction: SW
Cloud Cover: Total
Visibility: 6 kilometers
Recorder: Lisa Foerster
Species # Time Loran Behavior Id, Names
Mn 2 0941-1006 13810/44245 travelling 97-11L, 1-4, Sickle &
calf
Mn 1 1014-1032 13800/44245 travelling,
approached boat 97-11L, 5&6 unknown
Mn 1 1014 13800/44245 not observed X
Ba 1 1040 13795/44245 in area X
Ba 1 1053 13787/44216 in area X
Ba 1 1055 13786/44213 in area X
Ba 1 1055 13786/44213 in area X
Pv 1 1057 13785/44212 in area X
Trip totals: 4 Humpbacks, 4 Minkes, 1 Harbor Seal!
Birds observed: Greater black-backed gulls, Herring gulls, Laughing gulls, Bonaparte's
gulls, One sooty shearwater, Wilson's storm petrels, Common terns, Northern gannets,
Phalaropes, Several migrating warblers!