Whale and dolphin observations during seismic survey of the east coast of Australia, RV Investigator voyage IN2022_V05 (2022)

During seismic operations, three trained Marine Mammal Observers (MMOs) were stationed on the port and starboard wings of the bridge, with the third viewing over the stern of Investigator from the aft bridge control centre. MMOs rotated through three-hour shifts. Visual observations for marine mammals commenced with the pre-start procedure and continued through, soft-start, full-power and transit stages of the survey. Data sourced from the IN2022_V05 Voyage Summary (https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/reporting/get_file.cfm?eov_pub_id=2627). Voyage details are at IN2022_V05 If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

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