New whale detection buoys will help ships take the right way through marine habitat

The effort to detect and protect whales in Massachusetts Bay is part of a larger effort by scientists and personnel from the New England Aquarium, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, WHOI, and other members of the Right Whale Consortium.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent organization in Falmouth, Mass., dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the oceans and their interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the oceans' role in the changing global environment.

Related Links

Right Whale Listening Network
http://listenforwhales.org

WHOI Mooring Operations, Engineering, and Field Support Group
http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=6992&articleId=10687

Cornell Bioacoustics Research Program
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/update-items/right-whale-projects

Excelerate Energy to Launch Ground Breaking Whale Monitoring Systems
http://excelerateenergy.com/environmental.html

Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge Project
http://www.excelerateenergy.com/northeast.html

NOAA Right Whale Sighting Advisory System
http://rwhalesightings.nefsc.noaa.gov/

Shifting the Boston Shipping Lanes to Reduce Risk of Vessel-Whale Collisions
http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/science/tss.html

Right Whale Research and Conservation at WHOI
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12639

Right Whale Consortium
http://www.rightwhaleweb.org/index.html

Currents Magazine: Hard Times for the Right Whale
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do"pid=14938