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Whales and Dolphins of the Marianas

May 13, 2021

The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s Cetacean Research Program has been studying whales and dolphins in the Marianas since 2010.  We conducted surveys from ships in 2010, 2015, and 2018, and from small boats in 2010–2019.

Brochure of whale and dolphin sightings and satellite tag tracks from our research in the Mariana Islands.


Hill M, Yano K. 2021. Whales and dolphins of the Marianas. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-21-001b, 2 p.  https://doi.org/10.25923/z2hj-wj67.

Last updated by Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center on 03/08/2022

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