Re: [Paddlewise] Tracking Gray Whales

In a message dated 3/14/00 4:08:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
n.v.rob_at_deltanet.com writes:

<< I'm intrigued by all of this and wonder if anyone else has done this, or
 worked with the ACL, or knows anything about it?  It sounds like a whale
 of a lot of fun and challenges, while doing something useful instead of
 just juking around for my own sport and adventure.
 
 -- Nick          (just call me Ishmael, with suction tip harpoon in
 hand)
  >>

Nick,

I am aware of Steph Dutton being involved in tagging and following whales 
from sea kayaks.  I attended a slide show that he put on about this activity 
a couple of years ago.  If I recall correctly, they went out in a double, 
with a paddler in front, Steph in back, and a cross bow shooter in the center 
hatch.  Steph didn't mention anyone else being involved in this activity, 
which they obtained special permission to do and were doing on behalf of some 
type of "scientific" research program.  He was doing this activity in the 
Monterey Bay area.  I believe that they were also following whales, by 
permit, under the 100 yard rule, for "scientific" reasons too.  I am not 
really sure just how "scientific" his activity actually was.

I believe that the following year Steph was supposed to follow the whales 
down the coast, but I never heard what did or didn't happen.

Duane Strosaker
Southern California
http://members.aol.com/pirateseakayaker



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