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In support of the U.S. Navy’s (Navy) Marine Mammal Monitoring Plan (M3P) in the Southern California Range Complex (SOCAL) (DoN 2009), aerial surveys were conducted by Smultea Environmental Sciences (SES) to monitor marine mammals and sea turtles (MM/ST) during November 2009 in the SOCAL area. This was the fifth such aerial survey in SOCAL conducted by SES or SES/Marine Mammal Research Consultants (MMRC).