During the WHICEAS 2020 survey, the scientific crew of the NOAA R/V Oscar Elton Sette conducted a line-transect survey for cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and seabirds offshore of the main Hawaiian Islands. This winter season survey was conducted from mid-January through mid-March and included simultaneous visual observations and passive acoustic monitoring to record vocalizing cetaceans […]
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 […]
