Abstract
This symposium provides targeted project results for small and large cetaceans and includes a discussion on how collaboration between researched and developers has improved the use of our science. Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum (moderator) and Jennifer Dupont. Presentations include:
- Setting the stage: An overview of our research and the interface of science with policy/best practices – Howard Rosenbaum
- A deeper dive: Seasonal occurrence of four large whale species from 2016-2024 in the Empire Wind area; moving beyond detection of single cell types for large whales to increase detection probability – Melinda Rekdahl and Carissa King-Nolan
- Evaluating the efficacy of real-time passive acoustic monitoring near offshore wind energy development activities to help mitigate risks to North Atlantic right whales – Mark Baumgartner
- Tying it all together: What do these findings mean for policy and best practice around development activities? – Jennifer Dupont