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Table 1. Summary of flight hours, flight types and number of right whales seen during 2005 NARWSS flights |
| Month in 2005 |
Flight hours |
Systematic broadscale flights * |
Systematic broadscale series completed |
Critical Habitat surveys |
DAM surveys |
Cashes Ledge (W-104B) |
# Right whales sighted ** |
| January |
57 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
45 |
| February |
35 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| March |
50 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
| April |
73 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
| May |
77 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
200 |
| June |
56 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
146 |
| July |
76 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
242 |
| August |
39 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| September |
47 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| October |
26 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| November |
36 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| December |
45 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
| Totals |
617 |
114 |
13 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
831 |
* Flights
that included both systematic broadscale and
management survey time were counted as broadscale flights.
** The
number of right whales sighted is a tally of estimated group sizes, not the
number of unique individuals identified from photographs. |