Satellite Tagging of Eastern Bering Sea Stock
| Principal Investigators | Lori Quakenbush (Main PI) and Robert Suydam |
| Collaborators | ABWC, ADF&G, NMFS |
| Funding | ABWC |
| Participants | Albert Simon, Mark Nelson and Tom Gray and his crew |
Albert Simon and Mark Nelson tagged a beluga in Hooper Bay in June 2012.
 Albert Simon with his son, Andre Simon |
 Tagged beluga ready for release |
Below is the track of the beluga whale tagged by Albert and Andre in previous pictures.
Tom Gray and crew tagged two beluga on Norton Sound near Nome on 29 September and 14 October 2012. The first tag lasted until late August 2013, and the second lasted until mid-July 2013.
 Tom Gray and crew tagging beluga |
 Tom Gray and crew tagging beluga |
 Tom Gray and son Hunter Gray (black hat, gray hoodie) tagging beluga near Cape Nome |
Tracks of beluga tagged by Tom Gray and crew near Nome (on September 29, 2012) between 29 September and 3 October
Tracks of two beluga tagged by Tom Gray and crew near Nome in fall of 2012, between 29 September and 12 November
Tracks of two beluga between 10 and 20 November 2012
Tracks of two beluga between 26 November and 5 December 2012
Tracks of two beluga between 3 and 13 December 2012
For the next satellite maps, click here for a map combined with other beluga stocks.
Publications:
- Lowry, L.F., D.P. DeMaster and K.J. Frost. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in the eastern Bering Sea, 1992-1995. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 99-2 to NOAA.
- Seaman, G.A., et al. 1985. Investigations of beluga whales in coastal waters of western and northern Alaska: distribution, abundance and movements. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, OCSEAP Final Report 56:153-220.
- DeMaster, D.P., et al. 2001. The effect of sea state on estimates of abundance for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Norton Sound, Alaska. Fishery Bulletin 99(1):197-201.
- Lowry, L.F., et al. 2017. Development of an abundance estimate for the eastern Bering Sea stock of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Journal of Cetacean Resarch and Management 16:39-47.
- Ferguson, M.C., et al. 2018. Estimated abundance and distribution of eastern Bering Sea belugas from aerial surveys in 2017. Poster presentation to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, January 2018.
