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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
SWCC South West Marine Conference
The South West Catchments Council (SWCC) will be hosting the 3rd Biennial “South West Marine Conference” on Thursday 9th May 2013. SouWEST will be presenting the Geographe Bay project and […]
Social Media Success!
SouWEST has reached a social media milestone this week, as it hit 100 likes on Facebook! We are delighted that so many people out there are interested in our work, […]
Conservation Management Plan Review – is this a whaley good idea?
The Australian Government has released a draft copy of the new conservation management plan for blue whales. The plan covers aspects of blue whale biology, current legal protection, the possible […]
FAQ: How do you tell individual whales apart?
The ability to recognise individual whales within a population and track them over a period of time can provide important information for the management of a species. But just how […]
SouWEST attends international conservation conference
Next week, Angela Recalde-Salas (Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST)) will be attending the Student Conference on Conservation Science Australia. Running from the 21st January to the 1st February […]
Busselton Dunsborough Times: “Blue whales focus of study”
Last week the Busselton Dunsborough Times newspaper published an article about the work of SouWEST in Geographe Bay. Featuring a lovely blue whale picture by Chris Burton (Western Whale Research), […]
End of a Bumper Blue Whale Season!
It’s just been just over a week since the 2012 Geographe Bay whale season ended. The team have had a few days to tidy up, get all the equipment sorted, […]
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