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IUCN Compilation of Information on Cruise Ship Visits / Offers In WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC Summary: IUCN compilation on cruises/expeditions to Piltun & elsewhere in the Sea of Okhotsk Updated version - October 2017 At WGWAP-14, the issue of cruise ship visits to the Piltun feeding area was brought to the Panel’s attention for the first time. Alexander Burdin of the Russia-US field team reported that in the summer of 2014, a large cruise ship anchored approximately a kilometer from the entrance of Piltun Lagoon and launched eight or nine inflatable boats with tourists on-board. These boats were seen to approach groups of whales, including mother/calf pairs, and remained clustered, with the people on several boats often observing the same group of whales at the same time. This led to a brief discussion and a request by the Panel that IUCN “compile information on the tour companies that are known to advertise or offer cruises to Piltun” with the expectation that the compilation would be presented and discussed at this meeting.” In response to the Panel’s request, IUCN carried out an extensive online search using public web page content analysis in April 2015 and this present update in October 2017Web pages for analysis were determined through main search engines using key words and key word combinations such as cruises, expeditions, tours, Sakhalin, Piltun, Kamchatka, etc. in both English and Russian. The 2015 and 2017 updated search confirmed that several expeditions which include a 1-day visit to Piltun lagoon (via kayaks or inflatable boats, or ‘Zodiacs’) for gray whale watching are being offered each summer. Also, there are tourism routes visiting other parts of the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka or the Kuril Islands known to be visited by gray whales (e.g. Olga Bay, Shantar Islands). These cruises often operate from/to the ports of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky during the period from May/June to September. Cruise routes that cross the routes of the tagged gray whales that were satellite-tracked in 2010-2012 are also included in the compilation for reference. 2014-2016 period: The cruise by „The World-Luxury Residences at Sea” – observed by SEIC (Joint Program) teams and reported to the Panel in 2014 – visited Piltun only once in 2014 and sailed elsewhere in the world in 2015 and 2016: www.aboardtheworld.com. Two specific cruises/expeditions offering a 1-day visit to Piltun in 2015 were identified – one between 9-20 June and the other between 23- 27 September. One other was found in the search but without specified dates. Numerous other cruises/expeditions were also advertised for elsewhere in the Sea of Okhotsk in 2015 and there was at least one visit of Piltun Lagoon in 2016. 2017: Two specific cruises/expeditions offering a 1-day visit to Piltun in 2017: one between 12- 23 June (with Piltun stop on14 June 2017) and other between 29 August – 16 September 2017 (with Piltun stop on 1 September 2017). With regards to the latter, on 1 September 2017 at approximately 13.00 hrs. cruise liner Silver Discoverer approached Piltun Lagoon and the SEIC (Joint Programme Photo-ID) team was able to observe the whale watching process. 10 rubber boats – Zodiacs – where launched from the vessel with a total number of approximate 70 person embarked. 2 whales were spotted but apparently tourists did not disturbe them (for the short report on this observation, see P.van der Wolf’s internal memo seperately) The information on relevant cruises/expeditions is summarized in Table 1 below. WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC Table 1. Information on cruises/expeditions Expedition/ cruise Commander Islands and Sakhalin Company name No precise information on the operator, but the tour cruise is offered/advertised by several tour operators/companies, for instance, http://www.rusadventures.ru or http://www.rucolumb.ru, http://www.waterproof-expeditions.com and others. Headquarters location No precise information on the operator Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour Yes, Piltun is visited on 12th day of the cruise, i.e. on 24 September 2015 itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Places visited: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Olga Bay - Commander itineraries Islands - Bay of Russian Kamchatka - Second Kuril Strait - Kambalny Bay, Kamchatka - Shantar Archipelago - Piltun Bay, Sakhalin Island - Seal Island - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Comments The trip includes 1 day visit of Piltun lagoon using inflatable boats (Zodiac), searching for gray whales and disembarkation near lighthouse that is located on the shore of the Piltun lagoon. No information found on number of Zodiacs used. Planned tour dates were 13 – 27 September 2015 No information on other tours was found as of October 2017 Website address • http://www.rusadventures.ru/offers/13902.aspx • http://www.rucolumb.ru/country/arktika-i-severnyij-polyus/turyi-v- arktike/ot-kamchatki-do-saxalina-komandorskie-i-shantarskie- ostrova.html?pdf=1 Expedition/ cruise Sea of Okhotsk & Sakhalin Company name Heritage Expeditions Headquarters location Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd 53B Montreal Street Christchurch, 8023, New Zealand Has visited Piltun (yes or Yes, 2013, 2014, 2016 and at least was planned also in 2017: no, with year if possible) Dates in 2017: 12- 23 June, 2017, with Piltun lagoon visit planned on 14 June, 2017 (however, other information source mention that the starting day was 17 June, 2017) [https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowres/41] Planned tour dates: No planned itinerary for 2018 includes Piltun Bay Includes Piltun on tour Yes, Piltun was on the itinerary on the third day of the cruise itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Planned itinerary (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017): Sakhalin Island, Port of itineraries Korsakov - Tyuleniy Island - Piltun Bay, and Sakhalin Island - Iony Island - Shantar Archipelago - Mal’minskie Islands – Okhotsk town – Talan Island – Koni Peninsula - Yamskiye Islands, Magadan WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC Itinerary for the Sakhalin – Magadan route [https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf] Itinerary in 2013: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy - Utashud Island - At Sea - Northern Sakhalin Island - Shantar Archipelago - Malminskie Islands and Fedora Bay - Iony Island - Okhotsk Town - Talan Island – Koni Peninsula – Zavyalov Island and Magadan - Yamskiye Island - Magadan - Kamchatka Peninsula (West Coast) - Bukhta Russkaya - Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky Comments Dates in 2017: 12- 23 June, 2017. [However, other information source mention that the starting day was 17 June, 2017 (https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowres/41] Planned tour dates: No planned itinerary for 2018 The trip is 13 days long and includes searching of the Gray Whales in Piltun lagoon (1 day) travelling by Zodiac (or kayak) inshore to the shallower waters where whales are known to feed. The ship is “Spirit of Enderby”. The 2017-2018 brochure also includes a picture of gray whale encounter from Zodiak https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC Grigory Tsidulko serves as “Heritage Expeditions” staff (see 2017-2018 brochure, https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf) Website address 2017-2018 Expedition Brochure: https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf This expedition is advertised by many other tour operators, for instance: • http://www.adventure-life.com/ • http://www.exodus.co.uk • http://www.into-russia.co.uk • http://www.polarcruises.com/ • http://www.expeditiontrips.com • http://www.rockjumperbirding.com • http://www.wildwings.co.uk/ • http://www.baikalnature.com • www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ship/spirit-of-enderby • http://www.grandsespaces.ch/voyages-extreme-orient-russe- russie/ • https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowre s/41 • http://www.russiadiscovery.com/tours/sakhalin-and-kuril-islands- sea-lions-and-birds/ Jewel of the Russian Far East: The Chukotka, Koryak and Kamchatka Coastline Company name Heritage Expeditions Headquarters location Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd 53B Montreal Street Christchurch, 8023, New Zealand Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Nome - Anadyr - Egvekinot -Bukhta Gavrilla -Pika River and Meinypil’gyno - itineraries Bukhta Natalii -Tintikun Lagoon - Koryakskiy Reserve and Verhoturova Island - Karaginskiy Island - Commander Islands - Olga Bay - Zhupanova River and Bukhta Bechevinskaya- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC Itineary for the expedition Jewel of the Russian Far East [https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf] Comments On Day 11 ship visits Olga Bay and it is advertised that “the area around Olga Bay is frequented by large numbers of Gray Whales that are usually quite friendly to visiting boats”. Regarding the previous cruise, it is written in the cruise report that: • a few Gray Whales were seen from the bridge on day 4 (7 September 2017, Bukhta Gavriila and Pika River) • on day 11 in Olga Bay tourists
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