Round 5: Atlantic Coast States Cooperative Planning for Right Whale Recovery Program (2006) - 6 Funded Projects
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Round 5 (2006) |
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Project
Title |
State
Agency |
Funding
Received |
Project
Summary |
Final Report |
Maine Large
Whale Conservation Plan |
Maine Dept. of
Marine Resources |
$150,000 |
Continued support for some project staff as well as continued gear research on both vertical lines and groundlines. |
Project in progress. |
Massachusetts Right
Whale Conservation Program |
Massachusetts Division
of Marine Fisheries |
$163,605 |
Continued support for non-buoyant groundline research, acoustic monitoring of right whales, and outreach efforts to reduce large whale entanglement. |
Project in progress. |
Co-occurrence of Ships, Whales and Fishing Gear in Virginia |
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries |
$30,000 |
Support for the collection of shipping data near Chesapeake Bay, which are needed to evaluate the efficacy of ship strike mitigation and develop strategies for reducing mortality. |
Project in progress. |
Enhance GA/FL Right Whale Disentanglement Response |
Georgia Department of Natural Resources |
$50,000 |
Improve right whale entanglement response in Georgia by providing support for disentanglement tools, coordination with Florida, and the strategic placement of trained entanglement responders. |
Project in progress. |
| Risk of Right Whale and Vessel Interactions in the Southeast U.S |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
$70,633 |
Provide support for a study to model the risk of vessel interactions with right whales in the Southeastern U.S. critical habitat by using existing right whale sightings data as well as vessel traffic data. |
Project in progress. |
| State of Florida Right Whale Coordinator (continuation) |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
$76,530 |
Provide continued support for a Right Whale Coordinator in the state of Florida for the continued implementation of the Right Whale Recovery Plan in Florida waters. |
Project in progress. |
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Last Updated:
June 26, 2007
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