Irvine, Ladd M.
Lagerquist, Barbara A.
Schorr, Gregory S.
Falcone, Erin A.
Mate, Bruce R.
Palacios, Daniel M.
Article History
Received: 29 July 2024
Accepted: 19 February 2025
First Online: 18 March 2025
Declarations
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: The activities reported in this study involving the deployment of implantable tags on large whales were carried out under the authorization of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act scientific research permits and further reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees. For all blue whale tagging and OSU fin whale tagging, the relevant permits were NMFS permit #841 (1998), #369–1440 (1999–2004), #369–1757 (2005–2013), and #14856 (2014–2018) and Oregon State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee permit #4495 and #4884. Fin whale tagging by MarEcoTel was conducted under NOAA research permits 540–1811 and 16111 and approved by Cascadia Research Collective’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.