Posted on 7:31 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Tags: hawaiian islands humpback whale national marine sanctuary ocean, humpback whale, noaa
MEDIA RELEASE More than 800 volunteers counted whales and gathered data from the shores of Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island for Saturday’s annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count. Participants tallied humpback whale sightings and documented the animals’ surface behavior during the survey. The sanctuary, which is managed by NOAA, protects […]
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Posted on 7:06 am, Monday, January 11, 2010. Tags: humpback whale, Kohala, kona
An adult humpback whale breaches in waters off Kekaha Kai State Park Sunday (Jan 10)
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Posted in Featured, Gallery, Photographs
Posted on 6:33 pm, Monday, March 2, 2009. Tags: christine gabriele, humpback whale, reeftalk, sea grant
MEDIA RELEASE ReefTalk’s March presentation is “The Long and Interesting Lives of Humpback Whales” with Christine Gabriele. Marine mammal researcher Gabriele spends her time in Alaska and West Hawaii studying humpback whales. She will describe past whale age-determination methods and new techniques that may soon allow scientists to estimate the age of live, free-ranging whales. […]
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