[cinc] Re: IPCO, this afternoon.

From: "Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "shauna.bingham" for DMARC)
To: cinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 13:14:00 -0500

As a reminder, we have a staff researcher looking to deploy tags on basking
sharks. If you sight one of these cryptic gentle giants and you can get a
phone call out from sea that would be ideal, the tagging process is a
specialized scenario that requires a tagging team to go out as soon as
possible to the last known location, re-locate the shark and attempt to
affix a tag.

If you can keep this information handy and share with the boat captains we
just might get a successful tag this year with the help of CINC! See below
for more info.

*If you sight a basking shark please record:*

   - time/date
   - Lat / Long coordinates

Please share your sightings of Basking Sharks with -

*Ryan Freedman  *
*ryan.freedman@xxxxxxxx <ryan.freedman@xxxxxxxx>*
*(805) 893-6434*
*(847) 287-6661*

*Basking Sharks Details*
Length - 20 to 30 feet average, up to 40 feet
Color - grayish brown/ black
Food - Plankton - they are filter feeders

Thank you,
Shauna

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM Scott Cuzzo <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Naturalists,

I was not on the morning trip, but the report was 5 gray whales, 2 blue
sharks and 1 basking shark.

On the afternoon trip we found 5 gray whales, no dolphin.  Three were
together, possibly mating, one was solo and shy, and the last one was plain
WEIRD.

We found this juvenile gray, about 15 feet long, and it appeared to be
lunge feeding at the surface.  We were near a few lobster traps, but also
the sea birds seemed to be feeding.  While I know this seems unfathomable,
that is what captain Joel thought was happening.  And it's hard to
disagree.  There was some speculation that it was or might have been
entangled, but we got just great views, their seemed to be no
entanglement.  It swam in lazy circles at the surface, frequently with it's
mouth open, and often coming quite close to the boat.  It was very
fascinating and unusual.

Happy sightings!

Scott Cuzzo

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References:
- [cinc] IPCO, this afternoon.
  - From: Scott Cuzzo

[cinc] Re: IPCO, this afternoon.

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