IN THIS ISSUE

Farallones Exhibit

Humpbacks Make a Splash

Meet Gordon Bennett

Endangered Spotlight: Black Abalone

 

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Happy Holidays!

 

Whale Watching Trips

Coming in January 2009

Looking for a perfect holiday gift? Get a Whale Watching gift certificate for someone special. Buy in December and get the trip for this year's price--$85.

Contact Adrian Skaj at:
415-561-6625 x 300
askaj@farallones.org

 

 

Your 2008 Tax Write Off

Please don't write off the harbor seals, humpback whales and white sharks who need your help.

Instead, get a 2008 tax write off for your donation to the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association by contributing today!

 

Employer Matching Gifts

Does your employer make matching gifts for charitable donations?

Double or even triple your gift to the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association through your employer's matching gift program.

For more info contact Susanna Beck:
415-561-6625 x 315
sbeck@farallones.org

 

 

Have you had an interesting experience in the Sanctuary?

Tell us your story in 400-600 words. Send it to the editor at smarti@farallones.org.

 

 

Donate to FMSA today!

 

 

Come Visit New Farallones Sanctuary Exhibit

On September 29, with the grand reopening of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Academy premiered a major installation – The California Rocky Coast.

With fascinating ocean creatures and dynamic, interactive exhibits, it appeals to all generations. As part of the “Water is Life” exhibit, it brings to life the rich and colorful world beneath the waves.

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Humpbacks Make a Splash

Sought after for their oil, baleen and other byproducts, humpback whales were hunted intensively in the North Pacific until 1966 when they gained international protection.

At the time, the population estimate for the North Pacific stocks numbered a mere 1,400.

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Meet Gordon Bennett

As we come to the end of our Beach Watch anniversary celebration, we would like you to meet 15-year volunteer Gordon Bennett.

Gordon spends many hours monitoring Drake's Beach, and reminds us that "you become friends with your beach."

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Endangered Spotlight: Black Abalone

Black Abalone are a medium sized mollusk that live in rocky habitat from intertidal areas down to depths of 120 ft.  They are distributed over an area from just north of San Francisco to Baja California, Mexico.

The mollusks are distinguishable by a smooth black / slaty blue shell with a pearly white interior, as opposed to the rougher surfaces of other abalone species and their more silvery mother of pearl color interior.

 

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Photo Credits: Califonia Academy of Sciences: CAS. Humpback: Cascadia. Gordon Bennett: Beach Watch. Abalone: NOAA