Of the roughly 150,000 beluga whales in the world, an estimated 57,000 individuals spend summers there. “Their summer migration, it’s kind of like their vacation season in a way,” McCall ...

MIGRATION: While some belugas are migratory, the Cook Inlet population remains in the same area all year. BREEDING: Female beluga whales become sexually mature after age four and will give birth every ...

“Take” prohibited by federal law includes actions that disrupt behavioral patterns, including migration, breathing, breeding or feeding. “For the past three years, the federal government has, ...