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At Least Five Dead Whales Around Bay Area

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A bountiful crop of krill and busy shipping lanes are to blame for a rash of dead whales that have surfaced around the Bay Area within a few short months, according to scientists. Last year's krill population was also large, but it did not bring the same cluster of whale deaths.

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Federal Public Lands: Pacific Seabirds

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For example, although not far from some of the nation’s priciest real estate in San Francisco, there are no proposals to sell the Farallones to the state of California. However, seabirds tend to breed on remote islands that are not subject to the economic conflicts that exist for other habitats.

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My First West Coast Pelagic Trip

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I’ve been on a whale-watching trip in Orange County , twice gone out to Santa Cruz Island , and even visited Protection Island off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. That would be the Northern Gannet that has made the rocky coast near San Francisco its home for the last four years. I’m bad at whales.).

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