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WhaleResearch.org is the official website for The Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation. The CCRC is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization founded to conserve cetaceans and the ecosystems they inhabit.

THE GREAT WHALE TRAIL...

The Great Whale Trail is a Scientific satellite tagging project for the 'Great Whale Trail', a collaboration between Cook Islands Whale Research, NOAA's National Marine Mammal Lab, Operation Cétacés in New Caledonia and Instituto Aqualie to track the migratory behaviour of humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Pacific to their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. This project is tracking 12 whales tagged in New Caledonia and 8 in the Cook Islands and is funded by Greenpeace International. More...


Satellite Tagging Project 2007 More on the exciting South Pacific humpback tracking project	Crittercam How we tagged the rare beaked whale with the Nat.Geo Crittercam!	Satellite Tag 2006-07 We tracked Jamieson and her calf Mermar's journey from the Cooks to the Antarctic.
South Pacific Humpback Whales	Beaked Whales CCRC researchers shot the first quality underwater footage of beaked whales.	Beaked Whale Survey Notes and images from recent years' survey work in the Bahamas.
Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation	South Pacific Whale Research Consortium » Annual Report 2008 » PDF	SPWRC & CCRC Team Bio's A biography of each of the CCRC & SPWRC team members.
Updates from the field Regular updates from Nan Hauser and her team on progress in the field.	Who helps the Whale Research project and how do I donate? Please download our brochure and donation form (PDF 170K) or visit our Support page	Research Gallery Nan's photos from the field.
The Cook Islands The Cook Islands span roughly the same longitudes as the Hawaiian archipelago but lie about 2000 miles to the south.
Whale Education Centre Rarotonga, Cook Islands		Whale Adventures Read about the sights and experiences the team has had while in the research field.