A note on recent surveys for right whales in the southeastern Bering Sea

• DOI: 10.47536/jcrm.vi.280
• Publication Date: 2020-10-22T14:27:28Z
• Authors: R.G. LeDuc; W.L. Perryman; J.W. Gilpatrick; Jr., J. Hyde; C. Stinchcomb; J.V. Carretta; R.L. Brownell, Jr.
• Keywords: Aerial Survey

Research vessel and aerial platforms were used between 1997 2000 to collect genetic photographic data from a small populationof right whales that summers in the southeastern Bering Sea. Totals of 11 six unique individuals identified using photographicand methods, respectively. Single matches years occurred both all samples turned out befrom male whales. Long-term research is needed estimate size this population determine what threats may befacing.