8/04/2008

#4: Training on Nereid

Monica Zani (left) and Amy Knowlton (right) examining a buoy that holds a satellite transmitter. The buoy is used to help track entangled large whales making it easier for the Atlantic Large Whale Dissentanglement Network to respond to the distressed animal.

-Jonathan

Labels: Entanglement, Jonathan, nereid, Right Whales

About

Our Right Whale Research Team has moved to Lubec, Maine to begin their yearly Bay of Fundy field season. The season lasts from early August through September and we are proud that this will be our 29th year in a row. Check out our online photo gallery of images from the season. This year our research is made possible by generous grants from five supporters including Irving Oil, the Island Foundation, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Royal Caribbean Ocean Fund and a grant to our partners at Canadian Whale Institute from World Wildlife Fund/Environment Canada and decadent donations from Winfrey's Fudge and Chocolates.