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 […]
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 […]
New North Atlantic Right Whale Publication
North Atlantic right whale density surface model for the US Atlantic evaluated with passive acoustic monitoring In March, an open-access paper documenting the North Atlantic right whale version 12 density model was published in Marine Ecology Progress Series. Absolute density of the species was modeled using spatial, temporal, and environmental covariates at a monthly time […]
Azura Records Right Whales & Other Large Whales in the Mid-Atlantic
Between 5 January and 6 March 2024, Azura conducted systematic line-transect aerial surveys to determine the distribution and relative abundance of large whales off the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. The study area ranged from the New York Bight to south of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The primary target of these surveys was […]
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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