ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN

Right Whale Sighting Advisory System

The Right Whale Sighting Advisory System is a multi-institutional effort to locate right whales and to make mariners aware of their presence. The SAS was founded in 1997 as the “Early Warning System.”

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service contact for the Right Whale Sighting Advisory System is Tim Cole at (508) 495-2087 or tim.cole@noaa.gov

Information Northeast US Right Whale Sighting Advisory System Recent Marine Mammal Shipboard And Aerial Cruise Reports Summary of Year 2001 Flights Summary of Year 2000 Flights Right Whales and Ships (Poster)

Other Elements of the Plan Dynamic Area Management Seasonal Area Management Gear Research and Development Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network (including entanglement reports) Whale Research

For more information on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, please contact Diane Borggaard
at (978) 281-9300 ext. 6503 or Diane.Borggaard@noaa.gov

Last Updated: March 27, 2007