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2002
January
Look for the blows of gray whales migrating south through the
Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary and the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary in December and January. Pregnant females come first, swimming
along the coastline and are visible from shore as they head for the
warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico for calving and mating.
The female Northern Elephant Seal population peaks around January 24
at their breeding colonies (Año Nuevo State Reserve and Piedras
Blancas beach) in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; the number
of newly-born pups peaks shortly after.
11th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: National Undersea
Research Program. For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere
at (831) 647-4213
15th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
February
Peak
Elephant Seal pupping season in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Gray
whales continue journey from Alaska down to Baja Mexico, migrating through
the Monterey Bay Sanctuary.
8th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: Naval Post Graduate
School. For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere
at (831) 647-4213
19th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
March
Harbor
seal pupping season. Gray Whale migration begins northward from Mexico
to Alaska. Cow-calf pairs can seen nearshore throughout March.
By
mid-march most of the adult Northern Elephant Seals have returned to
sea to feed, leaving the pups behind on beaches at Año Nuevo
State Reserve and Piedras Blancas to fend for themselves.
12th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
April
By late April most of the weaned Northern Elephant Seal pups have
gone to sea to begin feeding. These pups are a favorite prey item for
Great White Sharks.
12th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: University of California,
Santa Cruz. For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere
at (831) 647-4213
16th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
May
10th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: Elkhorn Slough National
Estuarine Research Reserve. For more information, please contact
Andrew DeVogelaere at (831) 647-4213
21st
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
June
18th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
July
Humpback
whales and blue whales can be sighted feeding on large schools of fish
and krill in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary through October.
12th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: US Geological Survey.
For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere at (831)
647-4213
16th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
17th
- MBNMS Business and Tourism Activity Panel meeting. 9:30 am-11:30
pm, Monterey.
August
Jellies
of all kinds are abundant in California coastal waters as the oceanic
season begins and upwelling winds start to relax. Through early November
in the Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank, and Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuaries.
1st
- Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Cambria
2nd
- Santuary Advisory Council meeting, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Cambria
9th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: California State
University, Monterey Bay. For more information, please contact Andrew
DeVogelaere at (831) 647-4213
17th - Clean Water Day and Paddle Out. 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Contact:
Coastal Watershed Council (831) 426-9012. Location: Cowell’s
Beach, Santa Cruz
September
7th
- MBNMS 10th Anniversary Celebration
in San Simeon. Day-time celebration activities plus free evening
showing of a special film on Big Sur, at the National geographic
Theater in San Simeon.
11th
- MBNMS Business and Tourism Activity Panel meeting, 9:30 am-11:30
pm, Santa Cruz
13th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: Moss Landing Marine
Labs. For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere at
(831) 647-4213
16th
- Sanctuary Education Panel meeting. 3:30 - 5:30 pm. Host: Elkhorn
Slough National Marine Estuarine Reseearch Reserve. for more information
contact Dawn Hayes at (831) 647-4256.
17th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
18th
- Monterey County Watershed Information Exchange. Contact: Melanie
Bojanowski, Monterey County RCD or Bridget Hoover, Network Coordinator
(831) 883-9303. Location: Agricultural Land-based Training Association
(ALBA) 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
21st
- Oceans Fair & MBNMS 10th
Anniversary Celebration in Monterey. From 11:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at Custom House Plaza in Monterey (where the last Oceans Fair
was staged during the 1998 National Oceans Conference). Festivities
will include ocean exhibits from around the nation, hands-on activities,
children's activities and entertainment including an ocean treasure
hunt as well as a performance by noted children' singer Linda Arnold
(who created the music for Splash Zone), boat rides and tours, birthday
cake and formal ceremonies with remarks by diginataries. We're coordinating
this event with Coastal Clean-up Day (which also takes place the
morning of Sept. 21) and the celebration of the 400-year anniversary
of the discoverey of Monterey Bay. Contact: Liz Love, MBNMS (831)
647-4255
28th
- Santa Cruz Shark Festival & MBNMS 10th Anniversary Celebration in Santa Cruz. From 11:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the Santa Cruz Wharf. Festivities will include
ocean exhibits and information, hands-on activities, live sharks,
a treasure hunt and puppet shows for kids, good music, birthday
cake, and formal ceremonies with remarks by dignitaries.
October
4th
- Santuary Advisory Council meeting, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Location
TBA
15th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
18th
- Year of Clean Water National Water Monitoring Event. Contact:
Bridget Hoover, Network Coordinator (831) 883-9303. Location: California
Streams
November
8th
- MBNMS Research Activity Panel Meeting. Host: Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary. For more information, please contact Andrew DeVogelaere
at (831) 647-4213
18th
- Sanctuary Education Panel Meeting. 3:30 - 5:30pm. Host: TBA. For
more information, contact Dawn Hayes at (831) 647-4256.
19th
- Sanctuary Conservation Working Group meeting. 9:30 am-12:30 pm,
Moss Landing Harbor District office.
20th
- MBNMS Business and Tourism Activity Panel meeting, 9:30 am-11:30
pm, Monterey
December
6th
- Santuary Advisory Council meeting, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Location
TBA
Look
for the blows of gray whales migrating south through the Gulf of the
Farallones Sanctuary and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
in December and January. Pregnant females come first, swimming along
the coastline and are visible from shore as they head for the warm waters
of the Gulf of Mexico for calving and mating.
Northern
elephant seals arrive at their breeding colonies (Año Nuevo State
Reserve and Piedras Blancas beach) in the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary. Two-ton adult bulls arrive first and fight among themselves
for dominant positions; as pregnant females come on shore, they join
harems of the highest-ranking bulls. The female population peaks around
January 24; the number of pups peaks shortly after. By mid-march most
of the adult females and males have returned to sea, leaving the pups
behind to fend for themselves. By late April most of the weaned pups
have gone to sea to begin feeding.
Winter
water fowl migrate through, 100,000's of ducks and geese rest and feed
in the lagoons and estuaries in the Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary
and northern portion of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary.
