Right Whale Aerials

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annual reports

Khan C, Duley P , Henry A, Gatzke J, Crowe L, Cole T. 2016. North Atlantic Right Whale
Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS)
2014 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 16-01; 12
p. doi:10.7289/V59P2ZNN.
Khan C, Duley P, Henry A, Gatzke J, Cole T. 2014. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting
Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2013
Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 14-11; 10 p.
Available from: National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
02543-1026, or online at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/.
Gatzke J, Khan C, Henry A, Cole T, Duley P. 2013. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting
Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2012
Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 13-08; 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/
Khan C, Cole T, Duley P, Henry A, Gatzke J, Corkeron P. 2012. North Atlantic Right
Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS)
2011 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc.
12-09; 6 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/
Khan C, Cole T, Duley P, Henry A, Gatzke J. 2011. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting
Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2010
Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 11-05; 6 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/
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/
Khan C, Cole TVN, Duley P, Glass AH, Niemeyer M, Christman C. 2009. North
Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory
System (RWSAS) 2008 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish
Sci Cent Ref Doc. 09-05; 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.