Researchers are using thermal cameras to monitor and protect North Atlantic right whales as they near extinction.
Nearly half of all North Atlantic right whale mortality since 1970 results from vessel strikes and being entangled in fishing gear. Using various detection methods, the IFAW’s researchers can keep mariners informed about the location of North Atlantic right whales. Among the vessels the IFAW uses to research and monitor whales is theThe IFAW is testing thermal cameras to help locate and monitor critically-endangered North Atlantic right whales.
“One of the techniques that we’re trialing this year is using a thermal camera, which will be mounted high up on our mast. We’ll use that initially during daylight hours to see how easy it is to spot the whales, to use that as a means to track them. And then, hopefully, we’ll be able to trial it at nighttime as well,” McLanaghan continues.
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