Subject: Data/NSB/May 15 1998/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Spirit
Center for Oceanic Research and Education (core@coreresearch.org)
Sun, 17 May 1998 18:08:17 -0400
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Port: Gloucester, MA
Date: May 15, 1998
Cruise Time: 1330
Weather: Clear, Bright
Cloud Cover: 2/10ths
Wind Speed: 10-13kts
Direction: Southeast
Visibility: 9k
Sea Ht: 3"- 1.5 feet
Swell Ht: 4-6 ft
Recorders: L. Foerster, K. Gilmour
Species # Time Lat(42degrees) Long(70degrees) Behavior
Names
Mn 1 1538-1549 09' 297" 22' 108" Entanglement**
Mn 2 1606-1625 09' 297" 22' 108" Travelling Infinity & ?
Mn 1+1 1628 09' 297" 22' 108" Slow travel In area
Mn 2 1630-1644 09' 297" 22' 108" Close approach
& travelling Littlespot? & ?
TOTAL: 7 Mn
** Entangled humpback whale observed - whale's tail entangled with net or
line. From a distance, it appeared the whale was resting, but in effect,
the whale was "anchored" to the bottom, and struggling to surface in order
to breathe. Researchers from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) were
already in the vicinity looking for this whale, who was reported as
entangled earlier in the day, and as we came upon this whale, we notified
the CCS vessel. As we left the whale and the CCS researchers, they were
getting ready to free the entangled whale.
Birds observed: Greater Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, one Laughing
Gull, Bonaparte's GullsCommon Terns, Double-crested cormorants, Loons, two
Northern Gannets.