Category: Tohorā Southern Right Whale

Tohorā tagging data helps to inform policy and decision-making aimed at enhancing their protection

Live Ocean checks in with the University of Auckland team on the latest updates of their tohorā southern right whale research.

Following the world’s first circumpolar simultaneous satellite tagging program with Australian, South African and South American research teams, the New Zealand – University of Auckland research tagging data has helped to inform policy and decision-making aimed at enhancing the protection of New Zealand’s tohorā southern right whale population.

Recovering Right Whales Chart New Course

This pilot study is a first glimpse of where today’s Tohorā go to feed in summer – and it shows a startling change from the whaling era. With only 2 of probably 2,000 Tohorā tracked, we need more information to understand how often the new and old feeding grounds are used. Live Ocean is helping to fund this important research being done by the University of Auckland.