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Monitoring of Humpback Whales in the Pender Bay, Kimberley region, Western Australia - 2009 to 2012

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Four years of independent and shore-based humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surveys in the remote Kimberley region were collected. Systematic shore-based surveys were undertaken from 2009 to 2012 from the cliff top on the southern part of Pender Bay, Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley region, WA from the Two Moons Whale and Marine Research Base. The humpback whales use Pender Bay for a variety of purposes including calving, breeding, feeding (inferred), resting and staging. This work was undertaken to provide much needed data on the humpback whale populations and behaviours at Pender Bay and its importance as a humpback whale breeding and calving ground. To engage with traditional owners and local community members and promote the sharing of information and knowledge.

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Title Monitoring of Humpback Whales in the Pender Bay, Kimberley region, Western Australia - 2009 to 2012
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/69de08ac-ec8a-4593-9045-880651d6fbb1
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
ian_dapson@hotmail.com
Reference Period 02/08/2009 - 22/10/2012
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Monitoring of Humpback Whales in the Pender Bay, Kimberley region, Western Australia - 2009 to 2012". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/monitoring-of-humpback-whales-in-the-pender-bay-kimberley-region-western-australia-2009-to-20121