Headlines

MRC
News

News Around
the Lagoon

Workshop
Issues

MRC
Programs 

The Lagoon
Monitor

Lagoon
History

Species
Spotlight
MRC  >  The Marker  > 
Spring 2002 - V.17 N.1



SHORELINE RESTORATION PROGRAM


Shoreline Restoration Brevard/Indian River County

Surfside Elementary Collects 5,725 Mangroves For MRC

Shoreline Restoration St. Lucie/Martin County


NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MONITORING PROGRAM


Whale Network Now Numbers 720 Volunteers

Sponsors Come Through Despite Sept. 11

Entangled Whale Spotted off Georgia Coast

Voluteers Help Track and Identify Whales

At least Fifteen New Calves This Season

Harry Richter Great Asset to Whale Program





 
Voluteers Help Track and Identify Whales


   At noon on February 17, Lisa Crosby called in a sighting of a mother and calf pair just south of Marineland. As the whales moved slowly south, they were photographed and tracked by volunteers at Marineland until 6:40 p.m. that evening. At 2:48 p.m. on February 19, this pair was spotted heading north by Joy Hampp from an AirCam aircraft south of Flagler Beach. At about the same time, the sighting was also called in by volunteer Suzanne Baily of Ormond Beach. The photograph shown above identified the mother as #1622 with her second calf. Her previous calf was born in 1997. Chris Slay of the New England Aquarium explained the new calf was likely born around February 8, making it only about 11 days old at this sighting. This pair was spotted a third time by volunteers just after noon on February 21 off South Ponte Vedra Beach. Jim Hain, Scientific Advisor to MRC, responded to the call, got on the road, photographed the whales, and tracked the pair (they were almost stationary) until 5:30 p.m. that afternoon.



Next Article: At Least Fifteen New Calves This Season.


© 2003 Marine Resources Council of East Florida