2015 Tracks
The goal of this on-going work is to evaluate the effectiveness and impacts of satellite tagging on humpback whales and to provide new information on movement and habitat use in the Gulf of Maine. Further details about this research can be found here. Tracks of the whales tagged are shown below for educational purposes. Please observe our terms of use.
This is a project of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Marine Mammal Center. Contact CCS regarding any use.
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These data belong to the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and the Marine Mammal Center (MMC). The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners. Maps or data on this website may not be used or referenced without the explicit written consent of the data owners, and all approved requests must link back to this page. Data archiving and visualization courtesy of seaturtle.org.
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