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Autonomous Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Baleen Whales for Mitigating Interactions with Naval Activities
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Demonstrate near real-time passive acoustic detection and classification hardware/software systems
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Behavioral Response Research Evaluation Workshop II (BRREW II)
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Response
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Haul-Out Counts and Photo-Identification of Pinnipeds in Virginia
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Document seasonal occurrence, habitat use, and haul-out patterns of seals
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Lower Chesapeake Bay Sea Turtle Tagging and Tracking
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Assess ocurrence and behavior of loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Hampton Roads region of Chesapeake Bay and coastal Atlantic Ocean
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Mid-Atlantic Autonomous Passive Acoustic Monitoring
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Monitor large whale occurrence in the mid-Atlantic
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Mid-Atlantic Humpback Whale Monitoring
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Assess occurrence, habitat use, and baseline behavior of humpback whales in the mid-Atlantic region
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Mid-Atlantic Nearshore & Mid-shelf Baleen Whale Monitoring
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Assess occurrence, habitat use, and baseline behavior of baleen whales in the mid-Atlantic region
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Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Mid-Atlantic Baleen Whales
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Monitor large whale occurrence in the Mid-Atlantic
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Pinniped Tagging and Tracking in Southeast Virginia
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Document habitat use, movement and haul-out patterns of seals in the Hampton Roads region of Chesapeake Bay and coastal Atlantic Ocean
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Time-lapse Camera Surveys of Pinnipeds in Southeastern Virginia
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Document seasonal occurrence, habitat use, and haul-out patterns of seals
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Aerial Surveys to Confirm Seal Haul-out Sites in Virginia
January 14, 2025
Each fall/winter, some portion of the Northwest Atlantic harbor seal population that summers in New England make their way south to Virginia.
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Seal tagging resumes in Southeast Virginia
March 10, 2022
Seal tagging returns following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pinniped season has begun in SE Virginia
October 27, 2021
Camera traps have been installed to track seals in Virginia.
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Seals of Rhode Island and Virginia
February 17, 2016
Two projects studying harbor seals on the east coast.
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Turtle Tagging Season Has Begun!
May 18, 2015
Tagging loggerhead and Kemp's ridley sea turtles off Virginia.
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White “Leucistic” Bottlenose Dolphin Seen on Marine Mammal Survey
October 30, 2014
Leucism, like albinism, is a genetic condition that results in a lack of pigmentation in the skin.
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