In early December, NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) completed the 2024 California Current Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (CalCurCEAS 2024). The main objective of this 4-month shipboard line-transect survey was to estimate population abundance and describe distributions of cetaceans in the California Current off the U.S. West Coast. Baird’s beaked whale. Photo credit: Felipe […]
25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Culture and Conservation: Fishing for Change Perth, Western Australia November 11–15, 2024 Over 1,500 marine mammalogists from over 75 countries attended the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s in-person-only 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Perth this November. The conference theme “Culture and Conservation: Fishing for Change” focused on the intersection of marine […]
NOAA Hosts ProTech Fisheries 2.0 Kickoff Event
On December 2, 2024, NOAA hosted a kickoff event in support of the new ProTech Fisheries Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The ProTech services solution is a suite of multiple-award IDIQ contracts consisting of five Domains: Satellite, Ocean, Fisheries, Weather, and Enterprise Operations. Each Domain has its own IDIQ contract with multiple awards. The […]
Protecting Whales: The Role of the Yachting Community
On December 4, 2024, Azura’s CEO, Amy Whitt, had the privilege to participate as a panelist alongside industry leaders to discuss whale populations and the efforts being done to reduce environmental impact within the yachting community. The panel was moderated by Gill Rodrigues of The International SeaKeepers Society and included valuable insight from Matt Zimmerman […]
Azura Awarded NOAA Contract for Large Whale Aerial Surveys in the Mid-Atlantic Region
In support of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Azura will conduct aerial surveys targeted at detecting North Atlantic right whales in the Mid-Atlantic this winter to help inform efforts to mitigate anthropogenic impacts on this critically endangered species. These line-transect surveys will cover approximately 7,000 nautical miles of tracklines from northern New Jersey to just […]
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