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HICEAS: Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey Results

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Finding Mobile Needles in a Moving Haystack: Counting Whales and Dolphins in Hawaiian Waters

HICEAS: Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey

A scientific paper was recently published in NOAA’s Fishery Bulletin that provides abundance estimates of whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters using data from a ship-based survey that took place in 2010.
February 23, 2017 - Research ,
AbundBlog1.jpg From baleen whales to sperm whales to beaked whales to dolphins, a high diversity of cetaceans (at least 25 species) can be found around the Hawaiian Islands. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #15240)