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Tag Archives: environment

Dolphins and whales

February 10, 2022by westwhale Leave a comment

We are matching photographs of individual southern right whales in the 1990’s and early 2000’s in the southwest! Since we began regular monitoring in 2004, we have noted that southern […]

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Marnie

SouWEST Crowd Funding Campaign Launched!

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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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Sarah

Research Aimed at Reducing Entanglements

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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 […]

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Sarah

SouWEST 2014 underway – and the whales are not disappointing!

November 20, 2014by souwest Leave a comment

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, […]

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Whale Volunteers Having a Fin-tastic Season!

November 18, 2014by souwest Leave a comment

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 […]

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Chris

What did you say? New paper on pygmy blue whale acoustics!

June 16, 2014by souwest Leave a comment

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 […]

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Sarah

Social Media Success!

March 20, 2013by souwest Leave a comment

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, […]

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Sarah

Conservation Management Plan Review – is this a whaley good idea?

February 21, 2013by souwest Leave a comment

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 […]

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Sarah

Student Conference on Conservation Science Australia

February 12, 2013by souwest 1 Comment

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 […]

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Angela

FAQ: How do you tell individual whales apart?

February 6, 2013by souwest Leave a comment

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 […]

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FAQ, Sarah

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