{"id":51201,"date":"2015-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/lattention-est-tournee-vers-le-golfe\/"},"modified":"2020-05-26T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:22:28","slug":"focus-on-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/focus-on-the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with the Cloridorme region in the Gasp\u00e9 where &#8220;almost 40 blue whales are present,&#8221; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/scientific-exploration\/research-in-quebec\/richard-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Sears<\/a>, director and founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rorqual.com\/index.php?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mingan Island Cetacean Study<\/a> (MICS). He is present on site with part of his team to learn more about these giants. Their long-term work to <a href=\"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/scientific-exploration\/scientific-techniques\/photo-identification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo-ID<\/a> these blue whales over the years is paying off, as many are recognized: B081, B112, B119, B318, B344 and more! New &#8220;arrivals&#8221; have also joined the clan.<\/p>\n<p>Blue whales are not the only ones to capitalize on this region and its abundance of prey. White-sided dolphins, porpoises, minke whales, humpbacks (about seven individuals) and some ten fin whales are spotted. In their wake, naturalists on board the tour boats explain the biodiversity of the St. Lawrence to their passengers. Not to mention bluefin tuna making brief appearances at the water surface and an ocean sunfish identified off Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de Gasp\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n<p>Another contingent of the MICS team continues its work in the Mingan region, where the research station is located (in Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan). There is action there, too! Several humpbacks are identified (including Spines, Hunter, Irisept, La Souffleuse, C\u00e9dille, etc.). With regard to Spines, the protuberances on its rostrum were also seen up close by the team while the animal was investigating the boat, poking the tip of its head above water. A video of this curious behaviour is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mingan-Island-Cetacean-Study-MICS\/47587634708?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MICS&#8217; Facebook page<\/a>. This surface behaviour is known as &#8220;spyhopping&#8221;. Other times, a whale will swim slowly around a craft, passing under the hull again and again, and rolling onto its side to take a peak at the surface&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Another exceptional observation worth noting: a North Atlantic right whale was observed in the Mingan region. After photos were sent to the team of American researchers at the New England Aquarium, the individual was identified as Phantom, a 7-year-old female.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En commen\u00e7ant par la r\u00e9gion de Cloridorme en Gasp\u00e9sie o\u00f9 \u00abpr\u00e8s de 40 rorquals bleus sont pr\u00e9sents\u00bb, indique Richard Sears, directeur et fondateur de la Station de recherche des \u00celes Mingan (MICS). Il est pr\u00e9sent sur place avec une partie de son \u00e9quipe pour en d\u00e9couvrir plus sur ces g\u00e9ants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Focus on the Gulf - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"En commen\u00e7ant par la r\u00e9gion de Cloridorme en Gasp\u00e9sie o\u00f9 \u00abpr\u00e8s de 40 rorquals bleus sont pr\u00e9sents\u00bb, indique Richard Sears, directeur et fondateur de la Station de recherche des \u00celes Mingan (MICS). 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