2020 Season
Endangered southern right whales are beginning to arrive to Australia’s southerly shores where they calve each year. Last year, SouWEST’s (South-western Whale Ecology Study) team was excited to meet one […]
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Report Released on Geographe Bay Whales!
SouWEST has released a report summarising some of the research on whales they have been busy conducting in Geographe Bay. The report includes an overview of recordings of whale […]
SouWEST Crowd Funding Campaign Launched!
Whale migration season has started in the south-west, with pygmy blue whales and humpback whales travelling through the sheltered waters of Geographe Bay. Every year, scientists converge in the south […]
Where do we work?
Did you know that we are also involved in whale research projects across the south-west? The SouWEST project began in 2010, bringing together the expertise of whale researchers working in […]
Sea Rescue Group Aids Whale Research
A local sea rescue group has come to the aid of whale researchers and their acoustic recording equipment. Naturaliste Volunteer Sea Rescue Group are a registered charity of volunteers which […]
Research Aimed at Reducing Entanglements
SouWEST has been helping the Department of Fisheries investigate possible ways to reduce humpback whale entanglements. The fishing industry has had success with some measures to reduce the risk of whales […]
SouWEST 2014 underway – and the whales are not disappointing!
The Curtin University Theodolite team started observations in early November. It’s great to be back – a home away from home! This year the team includes volunteers from Brazil, Croatia, […]
Whale Volunteers Having a Fin-tastic Season!
Volunteers began observations from Pt. Piquet on September 1st this year, and what a start it was! Huge numbers of humpbacks were already moving through Geographe Bay, more so than […]
What did you say? New paper on pygmy blue whale acoustics!
Researchers from Curtin University’s Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) have just published a new paper on pygmy blue whale vocalizations using data from the SouWEST project! The paper […]
Busselton Dunsborough Times: “Blue whales on rise in bay study”
The Busselton Dunsborough Times has published an article on our 2013 whale sightings! This past season we spotted around 130 pygmy blue whales thanks to the efforts of local volunteers, […]
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