A summary of the aerial surveys carried out during the 2004 and 2005 whale season (Aug – Nov) in Exmouth Gulf.

In the seven other surveys, flown on 18th Feb, 7th Mar, 3rd Apr, 26th Apr, 22nd May, 12th Jun, and 12th Jul 2005, no whales were observed.The selected detection function for the survey was either a half-normal (HN) or hazard (HZ) function, with two surveys needing an additional covariate of either observer (Obs) or pod size (Pod). The abundance was estimated using this detection function and the 95% lower and upper confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using a bootstrap.*The abundance was not calculated for flight 5, as the sample size was too small (