Sakhalin-2 Project and Western Gray Whales: lessons learnt - IUCN ...
Sakhalin-2 Project and Western Gray Whales: lessons learnt - IUCN ...
Sakhalin-2 Project and Western Gray Whales: lessons learnt - IUCN ...
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Joint <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Gray</strong> Whale Monitoring<br />
<strong>Sakhalin</strong> Energy started to research <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Gray</strong> <strong>Whales</strong> in 1997. Since 2002<br />
has cooperated with Exxon Neftegaz Limited, operator of <strong>Sakhalin</strong>-1 <strong>Project</strong>, to<br />
conduct these studies under the joint Programme. The key objectives are:<br />
•to monitor the spatial <strong>and</strong> the temporal distribution <strong>and</strong> abundance in both nearshore<br />
<strong>and</strong> offshore feeding areas<br />
•to acquire information about the composition of benthos, food availability <strong>and</strong><br />
sustainability of the feeding habitats<br />
•to gather the information about the demographic structure <strong>and</strong> ecology of the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Gray</strong> Whale population <strong>and</strong> to assess the population size <strong>and</strong> dynamic<br />
•to measure the ambient noise <strong>and</strong> the different variations in the sound levels in<br />
the feeding areas resulting from the anthropogenic activities<br />
•to monitor the inter-seasonal <strong>and</strong> the inter-annual variability in the hydrological<br />
parameters that may have the effects on the productivity <strong>and</strong> the biomass of the<br />
benthos<br />
•to develop scientific-based protective measures based on the most recent data<br />
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