Prince William Sound Humpback Whale Fluke Identification Catalog, 2006 to 2024

This catalog contains photographs of nearly 400 different humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) taken in the Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords regions, Alaska from 2006 to the present. A majority of the photos were taken as part of the Gulf Watch Alaska long-term monitoring program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Each humpback whale can be identified by the unique black and white pattern on the underside of the flukes. Within this catalog the whale fluke photographs are grouped by color pattern beginning with the most white and ending with all black flukes. Located directly under each photo is a unique identification number for each whale. This project is part of ongoing humpback whale research in the region. The overall study area stretches from the Nuka Bay, outer Kenai Peninsula region, to Cordova on the eastern edge of Prince William Sound. All photos taken under NMFS permit 14122, 18529, and 24378.