Aerial Surveys for Protecting Wild Marine Mammals
Quantifying the abundance of marine mammals, and locating them, such as stranded dolphins and whales along the shoreline are essential for studying their behaviours, better marine management and conservation. Traditional boat-based investigation relies on researchers' expertise to identify species, and recognize individual or group behaviours at the ocean’s surface. However, it is a time-consuming and inefficient way due to limited areas for conducting such an investigation.