recorded none on the San Pedro quadrats), this was probably a misidentification. 

 12.5 percent of the workers who had seen a whale (s) said that it was within 

 10 yards of Platform Emmy, 62.5 percent said it was about 100 yards away from 

 the platform, 12.5 percent said 200 yards away, and 12.5 percent said it was 

 1,760 yards away. 45.5 percent of the Platform Emmy workers said that they 

 saw whales throughout the day, 36.4 percent said they saw them at midday, 

 9.1 percent said they saw them at dawn or dusk, and 9.1 percent said they did 

 not remember when they had seen them. 80 percent of the workers said they saw 

 whales in the winter, 10 percent said they saw them in the fall, and 10 percent 

 said they could not remember. 36.4 percent of the workers said the whales 

 they saw were alone, 36.4 percent said the whales they saw were in groups, and 

 27.3 percent said they had seen both solitary whales and groups of whales. 

 For the direction the whales were traveling, 57.1 percent of the workers said 

 mostly upcoast, and 42.9 percent said mostly downcoast. None of the workers 

 noticed any relationship between activity on the platform and whale behavior. 

 85.7 percent said the platform was drilling when they saw the whales and 

 14.3 percent said the platform was in production. 



Of the Platform Emmy workers. 14.3 percent had seen no dolphins or porpoises 

 from the platforms, 14.3 percent had seen one dolphin or porpoise, 35.7 percent 

 had seen a few, and 35.7 percent had seen many. Only one worker could name a 

 species. That worker thought he had seen a Pacific white-sided dolphin. 

 16.7 percent of the Emmy workers said the dolphons or porpoises were within 20 

 yards of the platform, 33.3 percent said they were 50 yards away, 16.7 percent 

 said they were 100 yards away, 16.7 percent said they were 440 yards away, and 

 16.7 percent said they were 1,760 yards away. 33.3 percent of the workers saw 

 porpoises at dawn or dusk, 41.7 percent saw them at midday, and 25 percent 

 said they saw dolphins or porpoises throughout the day. For time of year of 

 porpoise sightings, 33.3 percent of the workers could not remember, 25 percent 

 saw porpoises in winter, 25 percent saw propoises in summer, 8.3 percent saw 

 dolphins or porpoises in fall, and 8.3 percent saw dolphins or porpoises 

 throughout the year. 70 percent of the workers reported that the dolphins or 

 porpoises they saw were moving upcoast, and 30 percent reported the ones they 

 saw were moving downcoast. All dolphins or porpoises sighted from Platform 

 Emmy had been in groups. No worker had noticed any relationship between 



