Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The numbers are in and we're sharing highlights from another summer fieldwork season studying North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence! 🐋
Over the course of three trips, in partnership with the @canadianwhaleinstitute, researchers from our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life:
• Saw 62 individual North Atlantic right whales
• Witnessed two entangled right whales
• Helped remove 19 sets of lost fishing gear from the ocean
• Collected 23 blow samples (with a drone!) and three fecal samples
• Gathered measurements of about 30 right whales also using a drone
By collecting genetic material from critically endangered right whales and monitoring their movements, our scientists are able to gain insights into their health, behavior, and even their reproductive viability.
Read more about this work: bit.ly/3XMZlEZ
📷: This footage was captured under DFO SARA Permit during collaborative North Atlantic right whale research surveys in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Canadian Whale Institute.
#AerialSurveyResearch #AndersonCabotCenter #AerialSurvey #NorthAtlanticRightWhales
The numbers are in and we're sharing highlights from another summer fieldwork season studying North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence! 🐋
Over the course of three trips, in partnership with the @canadianwhaleinstitute, researchers from our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life:
• Saw 62 individual North Atlantic right whales
• Witnessed two entangled right whales
• Helped remove 19 sets of lost fishing gear from the ocean
• Collected 23 blow samples (with a drone!) and three fecal samples
• Gathered measurements of about 30 right whales also using a drone
By collecting genetic material from critically endangered right whales and monitoring their movements, our scientists are able to gain insights into their health, behavior, and even their reproductive viability.
Read more about this work: bit.ly/3XMZlEZ
📷: This footage was captured under DFO SARA Permit during collaborative North Atlantic right whale research surveys in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Canadian Whale Institute.
#AerialSurveyResearch #AndersonCabotCenter #AerialSurvey #NorthAtlanticRightWhales
