We are back at the
fishing village of Stø and the Greenland halibut season has
started. We are on site with our dear old friend, the Sailboat
Iolaire and her splendid skipper Martin.
S/Y Iolaire, our research vessel.
Depredation events have been seen by the fishermen throughout the week and we even managed to get a video from one of the fishermen documenting these events.
Dr. Jonathan Gordon
Our team spent a good day
out at sea setting up hydrophones (courtesy of Dr. Jonathan Gordon and
Vanishing Point Marine) and taking ID-photos. We saw one Spermwhale in addition to hearing many of them via the hydrophone. We are so very lucky to have Dr Jonathan
Gordon, a pioneer on benign sperm whale research, as part of our team.
His wealth of knowledge about these animals is indispensable.
Volunteer crewmember Lene and the Captain, Martin.
The main focus for this season will be to get a more detailed idea of the depredation behavior through a combination of acoustic and visual observations. Photoidentification of the whales interacting with the lines is also a priority. We continue to work closely together with the fishermen and the whalesafari crews.
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