A necropsy of tissue samples from the whale could help researchers determine its cause of death, the Noyo Center said.
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Young humpback whale washed ashore in Fort Bragg won’t be removed, Noyo Center says
Researchers remind the public to never approach a dead marine mammal.
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Whale entanglements prompt CDFW to close North Coast commercial dungeness crab fishery early
The Lost and Abandoned Gear Removal Program will start pulling crab traps out of the waters off of Humboldt and Mendocino counties April 27.
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It’s whale migration season on the Mendocino Coast: scavenger hunt, expert talks, and more
The Noyo Center for Marine Science is hosting Whale Festival 2022 through the month of March.
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Local whale watchers moved to Mendocino to escape the gloomy New England winters, they wound up contributing to a global species population count
For most people, whale watching is an afternoon, but for Teresa and Scott Mercer it’s a way of life. The Mercers spend over a thousand hours a year, stationed on the Point Arena bluffs, counting whales that swim by on a 10,000 to 14,000 round trip migration.