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An Incredible Rice’s Whale Encounter

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The crew collects valuable information from endangered sperm and Rice’s whales, blackfish, dolphins, and seabirds in the final days of the 2024 Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
December 17, 2024 - Survey ,
The large, dark grey head of a whale is just below the surface of the ocean. Rice’s whale. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

A Shift in Our Mission and an Unexpected Visitor

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The team changed focus to collect passive acoustic monitoring instruments, then had record-breaking days of marine mammal and bird sightings and observed a species native to the Pacific.
December 05, 2024 - Survey ,
The head of a white bird, with a black face and long, pointy yellow/orange bill. Nazca booby bill closeup. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland

A Quiet Place (in the Gulf of Mexico)

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gordon Gunter crew begins the third and final leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
November 05, 2024 - Survey ,
A dark grey dolphin with white on the tip of it's snout swims through deep blue water. Pantropical spotted dolphins’ snouts often have white tips. This makes it look like they are pushing ping-pong balls through the water. Credit: TerraMar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

The End of Leg 2

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gordon Gunter crew wraps up the second leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
October 02, 2024 - Survey ,
Two dolphins leaping through the air above bright blue water. Pantropical spotted dolphins frolicking through the water. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

The Longest Trackline

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

While traversing a 200-nautical mile trackline, the survey team encounters numerous marine mammal and seabird sightings and hears a chorus of underwater sounds from nearby whales and dolphins.
September 30, 2024 - Survey ,
Two dolphins swim through smooth blue water, one just below the surface, the other with its back breaking through the water's surface. Clymene dolphins. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

Thunderstorms and Hazy Skies

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

On the next few days of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds, the skies put on a show while some animals proved difficult to identify.
September 24, 2024 - Survey ,
From the bow of a ship at sea, a burst of orange is seen in the sky above storm clouds and rain at the horizon. Thunderstorm at sunrise. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Carrie Sinclair

Adding New Species to the Survey Sighting List

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Concluding the first week of Leg 2 on the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
September 17, 2024 - Survey ,
The back of a large, dark grey whale is seen just above the water, with a cloud of fine mist above it's blowhole. Rice's whale and its blow. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Mary Applegate (Permit #21938)

An Elegant Start to the Second Round of Surveying for Marine Mammals and Seabirds

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Join us as we set sail for Leg 2 of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
September 17, 2024 - Survey ,
An orange sun rises over the ocean into a pink and purple sky. Sunrise. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Carrie Sinclair

Whales, Dolphins, and Beautiful Skies—Oh, My!

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Days eight and nine of the survey were quiet for both the visual and acoustic teams, but the next few days were full of amazing sightings and acoustic detections—including several sperm whales.
August 15, 2024 - Survey ,
Two dark grey dolphins leaping from deep blue ocean. A couple of pantropical spotted dolphins. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Laura Dias (Permit #21938)

Many Marvelous Marine Mammals

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Days 5-7 of the 2024 Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals were jam-packed full of sightings.
August 07, 2024 - Survey ,
A spotted dolphin breaks the surface of deep blue water. An Atlantic spotted dolphin close to the ship. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Reid (Permit #21938)