Subject: Data Seal Location PoeGo, Jersey, Bristol, McHenry, Quid (fwd)
mike williamson (williams@www1.wheelock.edu)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:51:49 -0500 (EST)
Mike et al,
Data for the past few days. I will be trying to get some dive information
out if possible as I will not be picking up data during the next week or
so. So things may get a little patchy here for a while. Basically, though
the news is pretty good...all animals are still transmitting.
Quid...
27568 Date : 14.12.98 08:27:16 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.589N Lon1 :
70.274W
27568 Date : 14.12.98 09:32:54 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.619N Lon1 :
70.384W
27568 Date : 14.12.98 11:12:16 LC : A IQ : 07 Lat1 : 41.620N Lon1 :
70.356W
27568 Date : 14.12.98 12:04:33 LC : 2 IQ : 56 Lat1 : 41.631N Lon1 :
70.361W
27568 Date : 15.12.98 10:51:10 LC : 2 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 41.607N Lon1 :
70.406W
27568 Date : 15.12.98 11:42:41 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 41.599N Lon1 :
70.405W
27568 Date : 15.12.98 13:33:22 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 41.609N Lon1 :
70.409W
27568 Date : 16.12.98 08:05:43 LC : 0 IQ : 50 Lat1 : 41.622N Lon1 :
70.472W
27568 Date : 16.12.98 10:28:45 LC : 3 IQ : 66 Lat1 : 41.610N Lon1 :
70.405W
27568 Date : 16.12.98 11:20:42 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 41.605N Lon1 :
70.408W
27568 Date : 16.12.98 12:08:09 LC : 2 IQ : 57 Lat1 : 41.620N Lon1 :
70.401W
Getting more signals. His location is still quite near shore, moving west.
The most recent locations have put him near the marshes near Osterville,
Mass. This is almost the same path taken by "Bristol" a month or so ago.
Bristol:
27567 Date : 14.12.98 20:55:22 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.653N Lon1 :
69.973W
27567 Date : 14.12.98 22:35:04 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.670N Lon1 :
69.976W
27567 Date : 14.12.98 23:25:41 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 41.669N Lon1 :
70.001W
27567 Date : 15.12.98 10:50:22 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.698N Lon1 :
70.042W
27567 Date : 15.12.98 11:41:33 LC : 2 IQ : 66 Lat1 : 41.662N Lon1 :
69.971W
27567 Date : 15.12.98 22:09:21 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.683N Lon1 :
69.951W
27567 Date : 15.12.98 23:18:53 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.673N Lon1 :
69.956W
27567 Date : 16.12.98 10:29:12 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.684N Lon1 :
69.989W
27567 Date : 16.12.98 11:20:34 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.679N Lon1 :
69.953W
27567 Date : 16.12.98 12:07:06 LC : 3 IQ : 66 Lat1 : 41.680N Lon1 :
69.972W
27567 Date : 16.12.98 14:38:46 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.650N Lon1 :
69.990W
27567 Date : 16.12.98 14:58:49 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.676N Lon1 :
69.975W
Still moving around Monomoy Island, staying close to shore. Also staying
quite shallow. Most recent locations are near shore in the marshes near
west Chatham , Mass.
MCHenry:
27584 Date : 13.12.98 09:55:24 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.284N Lon1 :
70.454W
27584 Date : 13.12.98 12:26:08 LC : 0 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 41.272N Lon1 :
70.319W
27584 Date : 15.12.98 08:21:37 LC : 0 IQ : 50 Lat1 : 41.344N Lon1 :
70.350W
27584 Date : 15.12.98 09:10:44 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.354N Lon1 :
70.302W
27584 Date : 15.12.98 11:40:19 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.333N Lon1 :
70.298W
27584 Date : 15.12.98 12:28:24 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 41.331N Lon1 :
70.289W
27584 Date : 15.12.98 13:20:17 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 41.331N Lon1 :
70.295W
27584 Date : 16.12.98 00:45:06 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 41.329N Lon1 :
70.280W
27584 Date : 16.12.98 00:58:55 LC : 0 IQ : 56 Lat1 : 41.331N Lon1 :
70.299W
27584 Date : 17.12.98 07:56:20 LC : 1 IQ : 50 Lat1 : 41.322N Lon1 :
70.312W
The good news is that MC Henry is staying near Muskeegut Island, a small
island near Nantucket, Mass. This is the location of much of the gray seal
population in the area ("downtown graysealville"). He has been hauling out
(for as much as 12 hours at a time) and has been apparently keeping close
to the shallow water near the island as he is not doing a great deal of
deep diving. We will see if this is something to be concerned about over
the next few days...
Jersey:
27581 Date : 15.12.98 01:12:05 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.882N Lon1 :
58.642W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 06:37:47 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 44.886N Lon1 :
58.696W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 06:37:47 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 44.886N Lon1 :
58.696W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 08:18:42 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 44.923N Lon1 :
58.729W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 10:00:46 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.938N Lon1 :
58.673W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 10:48:42 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 44.958N Lon1 :
58.652W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 11:41:41 LC : 0 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 44.966N Lon1 :
58.631W
27581 Date : 15.12.98 11:47:59 LC : A IQ : 50 Lat1 : 44.964N Lon1 :
58.633W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 00:43:46 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.855N Lon1 :
58.555W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 00:58:38 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.862N Lon1 :
58.510W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 08:06:49 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.763N Lon1 :
58.578W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 11:16:42 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.694N Lon1 :
58.574W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 14:57:10 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.632N Lon1 :
58.629W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 16:12:59 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.634N Lon1 :
58.707W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 17:54:54 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.610N Lon1 :
58.785W
27581 Date : 16.12.98 18:30:43 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 44.635N Lon1 :
58.747W
Jersey is doing something quite remarkable...After swimming north to the
coast of Newfoundland, she headed south again in a roughly 500 mile circle,
returning to the location she was in about a month ago. She has been in
the same general location for the past week or so. This is an area of
sharp bottom contour with shallow water dropping of to several hundred
meters. She is east of Cape Breton Island, and north of Sable Island.
PoeGo:
27580 Date : 14.12.98 08:28:53 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.560N Lon1 :
53.856W
27580 Date : 14.12.98 20:53:35 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.485N Lon1 :
53.569W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 01:16:18 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.428N Lon1 :
53.488W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 06:35:12 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.279N Lon1 :
53.430W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 09:53:25 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 55.263N Lon1 :
53.347W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 09:56:40 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.258N Lon1 :
53.357W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 11:44:20 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.210N Lon1 :
53.156W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 11:44:20 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.805N Lon1 :
53.354W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 13:17:57 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.157N Lon1 :
53.250W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 14:04:28 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.174N Lon1 :
53.244W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 14:50:22 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.183N Lon1 :
53.166W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 15:06:25 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 55.137N Lon1 :
53.360W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 19:52:51 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.191N Lon1 :
53.160W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 20:35:35 LC : 0 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 55.091N Lon1 :
53.141W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 21:26:58 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.104N Lon1 :
52.928W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 21:40:30 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 55.119N Lon1 :
52.927W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 23:08:13 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.129N Lon1 :
52.833W
27580 Date : 15.12.98 23:21:02 LC : A IQ : 50 Lat1 : 55.139N Lon1 :
52.829W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 01:01:01 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.150N Lon1 :
52.786W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 08:01:30 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 55.263N Lon1 :
52.533W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 11:14:31 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.300N Lon1 :
52.365W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 13:00:04 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.226N Lon1 :
52.565W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 13:15:25 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.179N Lon1 :
51.980W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 16:18:11 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.206N Lon1 :
52.288W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 20:16:59 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.145N Lon1 :
52.216W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 21:05:14 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.101N Lon1 :
52.393W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 21:28:15 LC : A IQ : 50 Lat1 : 55.112N Lon1 :
52.390W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 21:54:58 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.123N Lon1 :
52.431W
27580 Date : 16.12.98 22:45:45 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.123N Lon1 :
52.439W
27580 Date : 17.12.98 00:25:56 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.134N Lon1 :
52.515W
27580 Date : 17.12.98 00:45:49 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.126N Lon1 :
52.479W
27580 Date : 17.12.98 06:10:41 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 55.121N Lon1 :
52.643W
27580 Date : 17.12.98 07:52:03 LC : 3 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 55.128N Lon1 :
52.666W
Poego continues to move south almost down the center of the Davis Strait
(actually closer to Labrador). His most recent locations put him over
water that is between 2000 and 3500 meters deep. We have been tracking him
for almost exactly five months (our longest track was nine months, although
we have gotten more locations [over 900 so far] and data from PoeGo in five
months than we did in nine of the previous track.)
enjoy
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Greg Early
Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston, Mass 02110
617-973-5246 (phone)
617-723-6207 (FAX)
gearly@neaq.org