Sightings Surveys in the North Atlantic: 30 years of counting whales

The 11th volume of the NAMMCO Scientific Publications series was finalised in December 2020.

Volume 11, Sightings Surveys in the North Atlantic: 30 years of counting whales, contains articles that present results from the North Atlantic Survey Series (NASS). This is a series of internationally coordinated cetacean surveys that were conducted in the North Atlantic in 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2015. The volume also includes articles dealing with other surveys done in the North Atlantic in the period 1987-2018, as well as a technical note on new instrumentation and an overview table on the best available estimates for cetaceans in the North Atlantic.

This volume was edited by Geneviève Desportes, Rikke Guldborg Hansen and Daniel G. Pike.

Volume 11 is available here

Cover picture credits:
Platform setup: Troels Jacobsen, PolarImages (upper left)
Data reporting: Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland (top middle)
Aerial survey team: Carsten Egevang, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (top right)
Narwhal aerial view: Carsten Egevang, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (bottom left)
Binoculars: Christophe Pampoulie (bottom middle)
Long-finned pilot whale: Geneviève Desportes (bottom right)