Cascadia Research will be undertaking a 3-week field project off the island of Kaua‘i starting June 12th, 2012. This will be our 7th field project (and 5th year) working off Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau. The primary purpose of the project is to obtain information on movements and habitat use of a number of species of toothed … Read more

In October and November 2011 we are undertaking a month-long collaborative research project off the island of Hawai‘i. The research team includes Aran Mooney of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Russ Andrews of the University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska SeaLife Center, Aliza Milette of the University of Hawai‘i, Dan McSweeney of the Wild Whale Research Foundation, … Read more

Cascadia Research and the Wild Whale Research Foundation are undertaking a 3 week field project off the island of Hawai‘i starting August 11th, 2011. This will be our second field project off the island this year. The primary purpose of the project is to obtain identification photos of a number of species of toothed whales, … Read more

Cascadia Research is undertaking a field project off the island of Hawai‘i from December 5-17, 2010, our fourth field effort this year (and the third off this island). Our primary goal for this project is to obtain information on movements and habitat use of false killer whales, but we will be working with most species … Read more

Cascadia Research is undertaking a field project off the island of O‘ahu from October 10-24, 2010. Although we’ve worked off all the main Hawaiian Islands, this is the first field project we’ve had off O‘ahu since 2003. Our primary goals for this project are to obtain information on movements and habitat use of a number … Read more

Cascadia Research and the Wild Whale Research Foundation are undertaking a joint field project off the island of Hawai‘i in July and August, 2010. The research team includes Jessica Aschettino and Robin Baird of Cascadia, Dan McSweeney of the Wild Whale Research Foundation, and a number of volunteers. Our primary goals for this project are … Read more

Cascadia Research will be undertaking a field project in Hawai‘i from December 8-21, 2009. This work is funded by a number of different sources: the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (with support from the U.S. Navy, N45), and the Alaska SeaLife Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks (with support from the Office … Read more

Cascadia Research is involved in two field projects in Hawai‘i this October. Starting on October 2nd Cascadia Research biologist Daniel Webster joined a field project off O‘ahu working with researchers from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, for a 16-day effort. And from October 19-31 we will be undertaking research off the island of Hawai‘i … Read more

For more information contact Robin W. Baird at rwbaird (at) cascadiaresearch.org or see our Hawai‘i odontocete research page We will update this page every few days during the field project, with the most recent updates at the bottom of the page. From December 1-16, 2008 we will be undertaking research in Hawai‘i, based off the … Read more

For more information contact Robin W. Baird at rwbaird (at) cascadiaresearch.org or see our Hawai‘i odontocete research page A map showing the satellite locations obtained from 33 satellite tags deployed on four different species of odontocetes during our June/July 2008 field project. As of September 11, 2008 the average duration of transmissions from these tags … Read more