00:00 So the numbers that we're seeing right now are over a thousand. We've counted them. When they first came here,
00:07 historically in the early 90s, we did have these kind of numbers. In fact, they got up to 1700 sometimes.
00:14 But over the years that's dwindled down to an average, I would say, between
00:19 300 and 400 in the winter and as the spring comes in maybe up to 700.
00:26 So you're looking at, you know, almost double the numbers. And the reason they've arrived is there's a huge school of anchovy
00:34 that was off the Farallon Islands that's in the bay right now. So it's all about the seafood.
00:40 It's all about the food. And
00:42 these animals, a lot of them are on their way down south at the moment. A big herd of them are on the way down
00:48 south for the mating season. It's a very good way to put it is that they're fueling up for the mating season and,
00:54 you know, it's spring so they're, you know,
00:57 they're ready to rock and roll down in the Channel Islands and we're a nice little pit stop with some great seafood.
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