by crabman | Aug 20, 2014 | SEA News
Please check out a recent story in a local SOCAL newspaper (The Daily Breeze) on the SOCAL-BRS research project. See the link below as well as the lead-in to the article <http://m.dailybreeze.com/dailybreeze/pm_115632/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=KoeVGqEd>...
by crabman | Aug 8, 2014 | SEA News
We’ve come to the end of our first phase (of three or possibly four) for SOCAL-14. This was a bit shorter than typical (10 days) for our research phases using the R/V Truth as a platform. We finished off our field work with an open public presentation and discussion...
by crabman | Aug 4, 2014 | SEA News
There was a decent weather window for SOCAL-14 to work offshore the last there days. We had workable conditions with acoustic detections and sightings of a few beaked whales, which are our priority species when we are able to work in areas around the Navy range west...
by crabman | Jul 31, 2014 | SEA News
We’ve were offshore the first few days of SOCAL-14 and pushed back closer to the mainland today with tougher offshore weather. Working around tiny Santa Barbara Island shrouded in fog early on we managed just one short tag deployment on a Risso’s dolphin out of over...
by crabman | Jul 18, 2014 | SEA News
For those of you who have followed the from-the-field blog for the Southern California Behavioral Response Study (SOCAL-BRS) before, welcome back and thanks for the interest and support over the past year regarding our publications and presentations. For others of you...
by crabman | Apr 16, 2014 | SEA News
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently adopted guidelines to reduce underwater noise from commercial ships. The new guidelines: recognize that shipping noise can have short-term and long-term impacts on marine life; call for measurement of shipping...
