Utilizing Pro-bono Commercial Assets for Marine Mammal Surveys in High Naval Activity Area in Hawaiian Waters.

摘要

The goal of this project was to perform regular, but relatively inexpensive acoustic surveys in the deep waters between Oahu and Hawaii and Oahu and Kauai on a seasonal basis using the assets of the Young Brothers Shipping Company, Hawaii's largest interisland shipping company. Young Brothers offered to participate by allowing us to board their tugboats and use our acoustic instruments to collect data, on a pro-bono basis. The goal was to establish a robust database of information that currently does not exist in the deep waters between islands.