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Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.

Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.
Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.
Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.
Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.
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Julie van der Hoop prepares to install a DTAG on a whale.
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07/09/2012
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Julie van der Hoop and colleagues tagging Humpback and Fin whales in the Gulf of St. Lawerence, Canada under Scientific Fishing License QUE02B-2012 issued to Mingan Island Cetacean Study.
The animal was tagged as part of Rene Swift's postgraduate research into the Sensory and Foraging Ecology of Baleen Whales, and is a collaborative research project between the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (http://www.rorqual.com) and the Miller Lab, Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews.
Julie van der Hoop of WHOI is collaborating with the Miller Lab (SMRU), and was helping Rene with his research whilst at the same time learning to use Little Leonardo data loggers for her research on right whales and entanglement.
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Julie van der Hoop prepares to tag a fin whale in Quebec's Gulf of St. Lawrence as part of a collaborative project between the Mingan Island Cetacean Study and the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The researchers used Little Leonardo data loggers similar to the DTAGs developed at WHOI to learn more about the sensory and foraging ecology of baleen whales. Van der Hoop, a MIT-WHOI Joint Program student, learned how to use and apply the technology to her research on how right whales become entangled in fishing gear.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 2, inside back cover:
MIT-WHOI graduate student Julie van der Hoop prepares to tag a fin whale with a temporary noninvasive data logger in Quebecs Gulf of St. Lawrence. The tags open a window onto a previously inaccessible world of marine mammals, revealing insights into their sensory and foraging behaviors. With this new knowledge, van der Hoop is exploring new ways to prevent whales from lethal entanglements in fishing gear. MIT-WHOI students have great ideas and brilliant strategies for testing them. Support one today and advance cutting-edge research!
Photo by Rene Swift, under Scientific Fishing License QUE02B-2012 issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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