‘Western’ southern right whale recovery remains stalled, 2025 survey shows

Jun 3, 2026

The annual aerial survey coincides with the seasonal migration of right whales to these areas where females nurse their young. It began in 1976 and has been supported by the National Environmental Science Program since 2015. In 2025, the survey team counted 646 whales, including 304 female-calf pairs and 38 unaccompanied animals. The number of…

Project 3.15 – Subcomponent 4: Movements, connectivity, and population identity of southern right whales at the boundary of the eastern and western populations

Mar 29, 2026

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Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia (2023 survey report)

Oct 9, 2024

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4.17

Mar 11, 2024

4.5

Mar 11, 2024

Updated population trend estimates enable threatened species listings for migratory shorebirds

Mar 25, 2024

The new listings were guided by population trend estimates created in a Marine and Coastal Hub project co-designed with the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). The hub project, led by Professor Richard Fuller of The University of Queensland, focussed on 15 migratory shorebird species whose conservation status was being reassessed…