Webinar 6
Project 3.15: Monitoring, aggregation areas and approaches to improve data effectiveness for southern right whale conservation
Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Time: 1:00–2:00 pm AEST
Format: Online webinar
Webinar link
This multi-year project focused on monitoring, aggregation areas and approaches to improve data effectiveness for southern right whale conservation. The webinar will bring together researchers involved in the project, each component contributing to knowledge of southern right whales and supporting more effective conservation and management. Presentations will explore long-term trends, recovery and connectivity of southern right whales across Western and South Australia, drawing on decades of monitoring and research to better understand population change and movements between eastern and western subpopulations.
Agenda
1:00–1:05 pm – Welcome and introduction
1:05–1:25 pm – Joshua Smith, Murdoch University
1:15–1:25 pm – Anne Grundlehner, University of Tasmania
Long-term trends in the western population of Australia’s southern right whale
1:25–1:35 pm – Chandra Salgado-Kent, Edith Cowan University
Building a national picture of southern right whales in Australia
1:35–1:45 pm – Luciana Moller and Claire Wouters, Flinders University
Movements and connectivity of southern right whales at the boundary of the eastern and western subpopulations
1:45–1:55 pm – Q&A
1:55–2:00 pm – Wrap-up and close
Questions are open to all presenters. Audience members are also welcome to post questions in the chat throughout the webinar.
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