Getting ready for survey

Apr 21, 2016

Getting ready for surveyThis week we are getting ready to start our field work. Next Monday, April 25, we are traveling to Cedros Island to start our aerial surveys along the western coast of Baja California Peninsula. We will fly the complete area for three times to take pictures of the Pacific Harbor seal colonies and come back home to analize them.
I´m so excited to start with the field work and continue with my master's work to evaluate how the Pacific Harbor seal population is at this moment.
I will let you know how we did.... :)  

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About This Project

Where are the Pacific harbor seals in Mexico?

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada

Pacific Harbor seals use land to give birth to pups and molt, but once they return to the ocean to forage many seals do not survive. We have been studying this subspecies in Mexico since 2008. We describe their distribution, population size, and feeding habits. The goal of this new project is to describe where seals are traveling by using satellite tags. By knowing where the seals go we can identify important areas for marine conservation.