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Figure 2. The migration route between feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and mating/calving grounds along the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico is indicated.
www.oxnardtourism.com/whaleroute.html
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Figure 3. Sightings and group sizes (where available) for gray whales from Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) aerial surveys conducted near San Nicolas Island (1992-1993) and San Clemente (1998-2003) and seven surveys of marine mammals compiled in the Computer Database Analysis System (CDAS) v2.1, 1975-1997 (reprinted from NCCOS 2005; see Figures 6.1.2 of that report for actual transects lines surveyed by SWFSC and Figure 6.1.5 for the survey effort of the surveys in the CDAS).⁴²
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Figure 4. Location of lagoons used by gray whales for mating/calving along the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/gwhale/AnnualWtr.html
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Figure 5. Gray whale population abundance since 1967/68. The most recent survey occurred in 2001/02.²¹
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