{"id":44190,"date":"2018-01-08T17:55:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleines.wpengine.com\/les-rorquals-a-bosse-de-mazatlan\/"},"modified":"2020-03-16T18:50:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T18:50:45","slug":"the-humpbacks-of-mazatlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/the-humpbacks-of-mazatlan\/","title":{"rendered":"The humpbacks of Mazatlan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, January 4, 2018: while a weather bomb is pummelling Quebec, I have an appointment at 7:30 in the morning with Oscar Guzon of Onca Explorations in Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. I have been living in this city for a week, having travelled 5,590\u00a0km from Pointe-au-P\u00e8re in the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula. I connected with Oscar through my friend Christian Ramp of the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS). Oscar founded a research station in 2006 modelled on the one operated by MICS, where he interned in the early 2000s as part of his marine science studies.<\/p>\n<p>I leave my bike in his office and we set out in his car for the marina a few kilometres away, where his assistant Augustin and 15 or so tourists geared up for a whale-watching trip are waiting for us. It is particularly difficult to fund a research organization without the support of sponsors, volunteers and the whale-watching business. For today\u2019s excursion, he\u2019ll operate two boats (Mexican pangas) to accommodate his fifteen or so passengers and carry out his research.<\/p>\n<p>We leave for the open sea after Oscar (in English) and Augustin (in Spanish) provide a succinct 30-minute rundown of their work and what awaits us at sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, January 4, 2018: while a weather bomb is pummelling Quebec, I have an appointment at 7:30 in the morning with Oscar Guzon of Onca Explorations in Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. I have been living in this city for a week, having travelled 5,590\u00a0km from Pointe-au-P\u00e8re in the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula. 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