The press service of the Kronotsky Reserve told about the progress of the gray whale research expedition. From the end of May to the end of August, the reserve staff worked in the Kronotsky Bay. This is one of the feeding areas of gray whales.
In early summer, many gray whales transited the waters of the Kronotsky Bay. Scientists have met about 40 such individuals. Others stayed for a while, fed and then left. About 15 whales spent the whole summer in the bay.
In September, scientists from the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences joined the research, who began studying the feeding group of gray whales in the summer of 2022.
The research will continue in October-November, when the migration of whales from feeding grounds to breeding grounds will begin.
The main purpose of the scientific program is to assess the significance of the Kamchatka feeding area for gray whales, to study the number, sex and age composition of the feeding group of red book animals in the Kronotsky Bay and to establish their connection with their relatives in the waters of Sakhalin. All this will help in the future to develop additional recommendations for the conservation of unique marine mammals and their habitat.
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