In spring of 2015, the MCR team, in partnership with ZSL and IFAW, undertook the first dedicated survey for harbour porpoises in the Thames Estuary. The study documented both sightings and acoustic detections of harbour porpoise groups, with an acoustic encounter comparable to results from our other acoustic surveys undertaken in important European porpoise habitats.… Continue Reading
With Song of the Whale now en route to the next major research project off the east coast of the USA, the team are beginning analysis of the data amassed over the summer. Between 28th May and 29th September 2018, the team completed 21,829 km of survey effort as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative,… Continue Reading
Almokhtar Saied, ACCOBAMS focal point in Libya, reports in from Song of the Whale about his time on board in recent weeks. In 2007, Song of the Whale visited Tripoli as part of a previous survey investigating the presence of sperm whales in the eastern basin. As part of the outreach and awareness programme, I… Continue Reading
Judith Matz (IFAW trainee, Marine programme, EU office) updates from Song of the Whale surveying ASI blocks 25 and 26, offshore of Libya. Sunset on the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast. We are on the tenth of many transects, navigating from east to west in a zig-zag pattern, and it is also the tenth day… Continue Reading
Long time friend and partner of MCR – SOTW team, Alexandros Frantzis, writes from on board SOTW in the Hellenic Trench about his concerns, hopes and optimism for the deep divers of the Hellenic Trench Once more sailing along the Hellenic Trench; once more sailing with our good friends and colleagues of MCR, in order… Continue Reading