Ferreira, Luciana C.
Jenner, Curt
Jenner, Micheline
Udyawer, Vinay
Radford, Ben
Davenport, Andrew
Moller, Luciana
Andrews-Goff, Virginia
Double, Mike
Thums, Michele
Funding for this research was provided by:
Woodside
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Article History
Received: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 21 May 2024
First Online: 7 June 2024
Declarations
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: Whales approached and tagged in Western Australia between 2019 and 2022 were under the following permits issued to CWR: EPBC Permits PA2018-00098-1, PA2018-00098-2, CETACEAN PERMIT: 2007 – 006, 2013-0012, 2018 – 0005, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions animal ethics WAEC 23-04-23, and permits TFA 2223-0165, FO25000460, and Department of Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Permits U 217 / 2020 – 2022. Whales tagged in Western Australia in 2009–2011 had approvals and conditions set by the Australian Antarctic Division’s Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee for this project—Australian Antarctic Science project 2941 and approvals from Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation Animal Ethics Committee for this project—30/2008 and EPBC permits 2007-006 and 2007-007. South Australian research permits from PIRSA Ministerial Exemption S115, DEWNR research licence Q26268-1, and Marine Parks permit MO00036-1; Commonwealth research permit 2013–0013; animal ethics approval from Flinders University AWC approval E397.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.