Subject: Data/NSB/July 1, 1997/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Fleet
Yankee Fleet: Carol Hill/Lisa Foerster (yankee@tiac.net)
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:33:17 -0700
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Location: Gloucester, MA
Date: July 1, 1997
Organization: Center for Oceanic Research and Education
Sea State: 3"-1.5 feet
Swell: 1 foot
Weather: Bright, Increasing wind
Cloud Cover: 2-3/10ths
Wind Speed/Direction: 10-13 knots, SW
Visibility: 9 kilometers
Recorder: M. Villano, L. Foerster
SPECIES # TIME LORAN BEHAVIOR ID/NAMES
Bp 1 1439 13797/44277 passed
Bp 1+1+1 1444 13799/44271 in area
Mn 1 1444 same in area
Ba 1 1448 13794/44268 passed
Bp 2 1448 same in area
Mn 2 1448-1454 13794/44267 Slow travel Anvil and calf
97-36L, 11-13
Bp 3+2+2+1+1 1457-1459 13788/44266 travelling
Mn 2 1457-1459 same travelling Sockeye+?
97-36L, 14
Mn 2 1500-1511 13783/44267 travelling, Ember & Filament
one breach 97-36L, 15, 17-19
Mn 2 1515-1531 13791/44264 slow travel, Bandit & Fracture
tail breach 97-36L, 20-22
Bp 2+1 1535 13790/44263 in area
Ba 1 1537 13791/44262 in area
Mn 1 1537 same in area
Mn 1 1550-1552 13796/44257 travelling
Mn 2 1553-1604 13797/44257 travelling ? 97-36L, 24
Mn 1+2+1 1607-1625 13802/44261 travelling, ? 97-36L, 25, 26
one Mn breached
Trip totals: 17 Mn, 18 Bp, 2 Ba
Birds observed: Double crested cormorants, Snowy egrets, Canada geese, Common eiders,
Herring gulls, Greater black-backed gulls, Ring billed gulls, Common terns, Sooty
shearwaters, Wilson's storm petrels, Northern Gannets.