Right Whale Aerials
annual reports
Khan C, Cole T, Duley P, Glass A, Gatzke J. 2010. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2009 Results Summary. Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 10-07; 7 p. Available from: National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026, or online at: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/
I am extremely fortunate to spend much of my time flying in a small aircraft over the water looking for whales. Most of these surveys are the North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) conducted by the Protected Species Branch of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods, Massachusetts. We fly in a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft out of the Otis Joint Base Cape Cod.