Whale Fluke Catalog

In the atlantic center for coastal studies non profit focused on whale research rescue and education in the north atlantic.

Whale fluke catalog.

It also receives significant contributions from whale watching effort in the gulf of maine often through collaborating ngos. Which add greatly to the catalog. We curate the gulf of maine humpback whale catalog which contains detailed information on individuals including age gender relatedness reproduction behavior distribution and human impacts. The names usually refer to marks on the fluke but occasionally may refer to marks on another part of the body or relate to the mother s name.

Ccs curates the gulf of maine humpback whale catalog. There are 206 individual humpback whale flukes in this catalog taken between 2006 2018 arranged whitest to darkest. Fluke calibration products and services catalog. Therefore this color pattern is subdivided by the width narrow or wide of the notch between each fluke.

Located directly under each photo is a unique identification number for each whale. Whales with no white on their flukes comprise nearly half of the catalog. Flickr has been a great resource for fluke photos taken by people enjoying a whale watch cruise. Each color division contains pages of thumbnail photographs.

New continue reading research. Only a couple of these photos were tak millions of unique designs by independent artists. Fluke corporation is the world leader in the manufacture distribution and servicing of electronic test instruments and software. The whales seen in the juneau area are part of a larger southeast alaska feeding aggregation and move in and out of the juneau area.

The year in the notes is the first year that whale was added to the juneau flukes catalog. I work at allied whale as a 8220 flukematcher 8221. Allied whale allied whale has been using photographic identification photo id techniques to study humpback and finback whales for over 40 years. This catalog is designed to give you an at a glance look at the wide range of products offered by fluke calibration.

Individual humpbacks are identified by the black and white pigmentation patterns and scars on the underside of their flukes tails and the distinctive scalloped edge called the trailing edge of the flukes. These data serve as a powerful tool for increasing scientific knowledge and facilitating the management of this. Fluke tools help business and industry work across the globe from industrial electronics installation maintenance and service to precision measurement and quality control. Calibrators and standards software service support and training in electrical temperature pressure rf and flow calibration.

Allied whale developed photo id techniques for humpback whales and in 1976 published the first north atlantic humpback whale catalog. 7 seas whale watch naturalists have been photographing and identifying the stellwagen bank whale population for more than 30 years and below we have compiled a catalog of the whales we have met through.