North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2015 results summary

"During 2015, NARWSS flew 338.3 hours over 79 surveys (Table 1), including 1 directed survey over Great South Channel and 1 sawtooth flight over Atlantis Canyon. NARWSS detected 127 right whales (including possible duplicate sightings of the same individuals), with 114 right whales sighted within survey blocks and 13 right whales sighted during transits to or from survey areas"-- page 2. [doi:10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-17-11(https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-17-11)] by Jennifer Gatzke, Christin Khan, Allison Henry, Leah Crowe, Peter Duley, Timothy Cole. "June 2017." Includes bibliographical references.