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Vol. 17, No. 3 Week of January 15, 2012
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry

Cook Inlet beluga whale count drops

NMFS annual whale count for 2011 results in second lowest number on record; agency says result consistent with 10-year decline

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2011 survey of the Cook Inlet beluga whales resulted in an estimated population of 284 whales, NOAA announced on Jan. 9. That count was almost 20 percent lower than the 2010 population estimate of 340 and was the second lowest population estimate since th....

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