Editor’s Note: December 29, 2011: Scroll to bottom for story update From the San Luis Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/09/03/1742473/mama-whale-klamath-river.html By Julia Hickey | jhickey@thetribunenews.com Julia Hickey The Tribune Morro Bay resident Ashala Tylor’s intimate photographs of “Mama” — the gray whale that… Read More ›
Marine Mammal Rescue
Our Trash Chokes A Northern Elephant Seal
It’s ironic that the northern elephant seal’s worst nightmare was the human mammal–not its natural predators the great white shark and orca. In the 1800s oil hunters slaughtered nearly the entire northern elephant seal population…
Runaway Elephant Seal Pup Rescued
Sure enough, before January 25, 2011, a young pup separated from its mother, managed to survive in the water, and washed up several miles south of the rookery–assuming this is where the pup was born.
Humpback Hunting Okayed, Texans Tackle Trash, Unusual Sea Lion Pupping
Humpback Whale Hunting Okayed From BlueVoice.org: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) did not, as feared, vote to legalize commercial whaling. The Obama administration, for reasons incomprehensible to us, tried to broker a deal that would have allowed the resumption of… Read More ›
Fishing Line Entangles and Endangers California Marine Life
Fishing line entangles California Sea Lions
California Sea Lions Hit Hard in 2009
A Record Year for California Sea Lion Rescues By Bette Bardeen Courtesy of Central Coast Natural History Association Nature Notes http://www.ccnha.org The California Central Coast has seen an increased number of beach visitors this year, and not all are happy… Read More ›
NOAA Determines Likely Cause of Ca. Sea Lion Strandings
Information on Recent Strandings and Non-traditional Haulout Site Use by Pinnipeds in California Presented by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Regional Office August 11, 2009 There was a disruption in the coastal upwelling process off central and northern… Read More ›
Updates on River Trash, Protected Marine Areas, & Sea Otter Release
Current Conditions recaps stories about the Merrimack River clean up, newly appointed Marine reserves, and the release of a rehabilitated California Sea Otter.
Update on California Sea Lion Pup Deaths
The weather condition called El Nino, may have a devasting effect on California sea lions and other marine mammals
Elephant Seal Faces Starvation From Fishing Lure & Hook
Elephant Seal with Fishing Lure & Hook Caught in Mouth
Neptune 911! 