Short-Finned Pilot Whale Tracking

Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) has been undertaking surveys for odontocetes in Hawaiian waters since 2000. From photo-identification and satellite tagging there is evidence of both an island-associated and a pelagic population of short-finned pilot whales in Hawaiʻi, and several different communities of island-associated pilot whales around the islands, with individuals largely remaining associated with one or two islands. This research is ongoing.

Photo: ©Robin Baird/www.cascadiaresearch.org

info:

• Cascadia Research Collective (CRC)
• Baird 2016
• Baird et al. 2015 (PDF)
• Baird et al. 2013 (PDF)