Creating a sustainable framework for monitoring whales at South Georgia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £403,900
WHERE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Summary
This project helps the UKOT government take management actions to improve environmental quality for recovering whales in South Georgia (SG) waters. The project will: (i) build a sustainable framework for long-term monitoring of whales at South Georgia (focused in high vessel-traffic areas) using acoustic detections and data-gathering partnerships to measure inter-annual whale density patterns; (ii) provide management guidance to minimise impacts from vessels (collision risk and underwater noise) in key whale habitats; (iii) identify environmental drivers influencing whale densities.
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), ORCA, Happywhale, International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, Gov of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
