According to this article The population went from: "Less than 90,000 animals in 1975" and "It then fluctuated around that level, reaching a high of 306,220 in 2012 before declining below the carrying capacity in the years since as ocean conditions changed. "Marine conditions since 2012 have illustrated that. An unusual marine heat wave off the West Coast known as “the blob” combined with an El Niño climate pattern reduced pup production and survival, with thousands of malnourished pups stranding on Southern California beaches. NOAA Fisheries declared the elevated number of deaths an Unusual Mortality Event in 2013." "in 2013 and 2014 the population was down to 250,000 animals." I didn't see any data after 2014. This isn't my Photo. Couldn't find an owner.
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Good Morning December 21st 2018, Today It's officially Winter in the Northern Hemisphere...And, today in 1913 the first cross word puzzle, Arthur Wynne's "Word-Cross" is published in the New York World. It's the birthday of guitarist song writer Frank Zappa (1940) who said, "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer" On such a great date with what shipping challenge may we assist You? All referrals are accepted with gratitude. Thank You. Shipping Team,
Good Morning December 7, 2018 Today in 1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. And in 1869 American outlaw Jessie James carries out his first bank robbery in Gallatin Missouri. Today in 1941 the Japanese Imperial Navy carries out an attack against the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. It's the birthday (1928) of Philosopher, scientist, social critic Avram Noam Chomsky who said, If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Thank You. |
First time I got to go on an international snorkel/dive trip was to Belize in 1981. I was fifteen and we drove down in a Datsun Pickup full of dive gear, and a portable compressor, back then it was hard to find a place to fill your scuba tanks, years later I decided it was time to take a break from my Job and see Belize through a greybeards eyes, to say that San Pedro Belize has changed is an understatement, they even have a hyperbaric Facility. I will post here about snorkeling,traveling, and stuff that happens along the way. Thank You for visiting! Burnie Archives
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