Expand on an existing Whale Report Alert System (WRAS) to provide mariners with real-time awareness of whale sightings. Project will provide information to mariners to take evasive action such as slowing or altering course to reduce impacts on Southern Resident killer whales in the Puget Sound area.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Killer Whale Research and Conservation Program
Project Title: Providing Mariners with Real-Time Data of Killer Whale Locations in Washington
Organization:
Washington Maritime Blue
Project ID:
0314.23.078179
Description:
Award Amount:
$170000.00
Location:
The location of this project includes SRKW critical habitat in the marine waters of the state of Washington. The large commercial vessels using WRAS typically transit in the traffic lanes of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and north through the San Juan Islands or south through Puget Sound.