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 […]
Tag Archives: environment
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 […]
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 […]
Student Conference on Conservation Science Australia
Angela Recalde-Salas has just returned from Australia’s first ever Student Conference on Conservation Science, held in Brisbane by the Environmental Decisions Group (EDG) at the University of Queensland. She has […]
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 […]
Listening in, not looking out!
As big storms and massive swells swamp the coast of Western Australia, the theodolite team has taken cover for a few days and temporarily ceased observations. On lovely calm days […]
