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Humpback Whale in Monterey Bay

Humpbacks are found in waters throughout the world and follow definite migration paths from their summer feeding grounds to warmer waters in the winter.

 

There are three distinct populations of humpbacks in the North Pacific: a North Pacific stock that winters in Central America and migrates to the California coast and British Columbia in the summer; a Central North Pacific stock that winters in Hawai‘i and migrates to Canada and Alaska in the summer; and a Western North Pacific stock that winters near Japan and likely migrates to the Bering Sea in the summer.

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Uploaded on August 12, 2023
Taken on July 14, 2023