Baleen (Blue and Fin) Whale Tagging in Southern California in Support of Marine Mammal Monitoring Across Multiple Navy Training Areas

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In 2015 Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute (OSU/MMI) conducted a second year of tagging operations in support of the United States (U.S.) Navy’s marine mammal studies in the offshore waters of the Southern California Range Complex (SOCAL) portion of the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area as well as the existing Northwest Training Range Complex (NWTRC), Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Range Complex (together known as the Northwest Training and Testing Study Area). The focus of these studies is to address key science objectives the Navy has committed to complete as part of regulatory requirements promulgated from the National Marine Fisheries Service.