The Newport Harbor Patrol and Sergeant John Hollenbeck were recognized on Saturday at the American Cetacean Society Conference in Monterey. Deputy Joel Monroe said that the Harbor Patrol had helped to track sightings of bottlenose dolphins up.
Deputy Jason Middlekauff took a photograph of one dolphin (in the poster below) that was identified by markings as having been identified in San Diego Harbor as long as 20 years ago.
Panel recognizing contribution of Harbor Patrol to Dolphin Survey.
Left to right: Deputy Jason Middlekauff, Julie Deyan, who works with the Orange Coast College Coastal Dolphin Survey Project and Sergeant John Hollenbeck