Gray Whale Populations: The Eastern/Western Paradox - Livestream

Join ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for a fascinating evening of insights into gray whale biology and ecology. After being driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, the eastern North Pacific population has made a remarkable recovery. They remain subject to threats including, but not limited to, lack of prey abundance, entanglements, and ship strikes. As many people living and visiting the West Coast witnessed, in 2019, these majestic whales suffered an unusual mortality event primarily attributed to a decline in prey abundance in their Arctic feeding grounds.

In this webinar, Dr. Jim Sumich will discuss the past and current distributions, migration patterns, and genetics of gray whale populations, and some likely future scenarios for this species in the context of our changing global climate.

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