• Examination of dead gray whale from Johnson Pt., 1 May 2007

• Gray whale stranding near Steilacoom in July 2005
• Report from examination of Bremerton gray whale stranding on 5 May 2005
• Stranding and sighting update on 28 April 2005
• Gray whale stranding Whidbey Is. April 2005

Downloadable reports and publications on Gray whales

• Summary of collaborative photographic identification of gray whales from California to Alaska for 2004 and 2005. Contract report to National Marine Mammal Laboratory, June 2007
• Gray whale photographic identification in 1998-2003: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest. Contract report to National Marine Mammal Laboratory, December 2004.
• Abundance, range and movements of a feeding aggregation of gray whales from California to southeastern Alaska. Reprint: 2002 J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 4(3):267-276.  
• Gray whale photographic identification in 2002: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest
• Gray whale photographic identification in 2001: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest
• Gray whale photographic identification in 2000: Collaborative research by Cascadia Research and National Marine Mammal Laboratory
• Gray whale photographic identification in 1999: Collaborative research by Cascadia, NMFS, and HSU
• Update on gray whale research in 1998
• Gray Whales of Washington State (1994)
• Contaminants in gray whales. Reprint: 2001 J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 3(1):19-29.  

Field Identification Guide to Northern Puget Sound gray whales, 2007

Right and Left sides (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3), Flukes

Identification photographs of Northern Puget Sound gray whales taken on 24 March 2003 (John & Alexei Calambokidis)

Individuals: 22-Spyhopper (left & right sides), 44-Dubnuk (left & right sides), 49-Patch (left & right sides), 53 ,(left & right sides) and  56 (left & right sides)

Gray Whales of Washington State online in PDF Format. Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or higher) needed to view this document. 
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Gray whale rescue information

Gray whale disentanglement and photos in N Puget Sound - 18 May 2003

Rescue in Hood Canal - 21 November 1994