Cook Inlet Beluga numbers continue down
NOAA Fisheries releases report on biennial survey done in 2018; median estimate is 279 whales; next survey will be this summer Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
NOAA Fisheries has released its latest estimate of the Beluga whale population in Cook Inlet with numbers down from the last count and continuing a 10-year decline.
A Jan. 28 release said scientists have estimated the population size to be between 250 and 317, with a median estimate of 279.
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