Subject: Data/NSB/July 14 1997/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Fleet
Yankee Fleet: Carol Hill/Lisa Foerster (yankee@tiac.net)
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:03:42 -0700
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Location: Gloucester, MA
Date: July 14, 1997
Organization: Center for Oceanic Research and Education
Weather: Bright, hazy
Cloud Cover: 50-60 percent
Wind Speed: 3-6 knots
Direction: SW
Visibility: 9 kilometers
Sea Height: catpaw
Swell Height: less than one foot
Recorder: L. Foerster
Species # Time Loran Behavior Photos/Names
Bp 1 1409 13848/44302 passed
Mn 1 1409 same in area
Mn 1 1415 13848/44293 passed
Mn 1+2 1446 13823/44248 in area
Ba 1 1449 13817/44248 passed
Mn 1+1 1451-1504 13813/44251 slow travel 97-44L, 7&8
Mn 2 1513 13797/44242 passed
Mn 2 1517-1521 13790/44240 breach, 97-44L, 9-20
flipper slap
1521-1548 whales split association, slaps
Ba 1+1+1 1517 same in area
Mn 1+1+1 1554 13784/44229 Flick feeding Fracture, others unknown
97-44L, 21-23
Bp 1 1615 13782/44223 passed 97-44L, 24, 25
Mn 1+2+1 1615-1628 same slow travel 97-45L, 1-5
Trip totals: 17 humpbacks, 2 fin whales, 4 minke whales