Monitoring Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales in Near Real-Time by Sound, Air, and Sea

NOAA Fisheries uses the latest technologies, such as passive acoustic monitoring, to detect endangered North Atlantic right whales in near real-time and support the species’ recovery.

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A Bryde's whale swims along the surface of the ocean. A Bryde’s whale photographed in the Mariana Archipelago. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Adam Ü (NOAA Fisheries MMPA-ESA Permit #14097)
Bearded seal laying on ice on water Bearded Seal. Credit: John Jansen/NOAA Fisheries
Researchers on a small boat on a river Researches with the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz deploy equipment to measure predation rates on juvenile salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Photo: Brendan Lehman
Marylou Staman conducts green sea turtle surveys at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals).  Credit:  NOAA Fisheries. Marylou Staman conducts green sea turtle surveys at Lalo in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. More than 90 percent of the Hawaiian green sea turtle population nests at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Taken under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Permit #TE-72088A-3 and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Co-Manager’s Permit.
MAFAC Members and NMFS Staff at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Lab in Kodiak, AK. MAFAC members and NOAA Fisheries staff at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Kodiak Lab. Credit: Laura Diederick/NOAA Fisheries.