During February and early March, Azura conducted systematic line-transect aerial surveys to determine the distribution and relative abundance of large whales off the coast of Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey. The primary target of these surveys was North Atlantic right, sei, humpback, fin, and minke whales. The Chesapeake Survey Area consisted of 10 east-west tracklines […]
Recent occurrence of marine mammals and sea turtles off Angola and first report of right whales since the whaling era
On behalf of our coauthors from Creocean and TotalEnergies, Azura is pleased to announce the recent publication of our paper on marine mammals and sea turtles off Angola. The paper is published as Open Access, so anyone can download the pdf and supplementary file using this link. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315422001084 Citation: Whitt, A.D., A.M. Warde, L. Blair, […]
Recent Occurrence of Marine Mammals off Angola & First Report of Right Whales Since Whaling Era
Azura scientists will be presenting a poster at the World Marine Mammal Conference during 9-12 December 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. Marine megafauna occurrence was recorded in deep offshore waters during an Environmental Baseline Study. The goal of this study was to characterize the habitat and biodiversity of an area of oil and gas exploration 400 […]
Navy Completes 2nd Year of Humpback Whale Monitoring
Researchers from HDR, the Azura team, and the U.S. Navy recently completed Year 2 of the Mid-Atlantic Humpback Whale Monitoring Project managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Environmental Planning Division (NAVFAC Atlantic) and funded by U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Environmental Readiness Branch (FFC). This project is part of the Navy’s comprehensive Marine Species Monitoring […]
