A gray whale has spent a record 75 days in the San Francisco Bay. Scientists are concerned about the possibility of ship strikes.
A gray whale has been in the San Francisco Bay since early February, a record amount of time that could put the animal at risk of being struck by a ship, according to the Marine Mammal Center.
“We can recognize the pigmentation patterns on whales. You can tell them apart if you look closely enough,” he said. “This whale has been here for 2½ months. That’s a record for us — we haven’t seen one stay that long before.” , prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to declare an “unusual mortality event.”
“We’ve got a complex story where whales are coming in the bay, which is a place of refuge for them, but that creates conservation concerns for us, with it being a busy port and the potential for ship strikes,” Kenner said. “That’s why we’re tracking all these whales in the bay and trying to keep them safe.”washed up March 23 on Bolinas Beach, east of Duxbury Point, in Marin County — the first whale fatality in the region this year.
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