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This is a picture Recovery 2 in different countries test run of one of the most promising new acoustic monitoring technologies is underway in Hawaiian waters: a six-foot long autonomous glider has been outfitted with
a hydrophone, and has likely picked up foraging clicks of beaked whales. University of Washington scientists did the glider’s engineering, while Oregon State researchers developed software to identify what is
being heard. ”We believe we have identified beaked whales,” says OSU’s David Mellinger. “It was pretty exciting. You work a couple of years on a project, hope it will succeed, but you don’t know until the
equipment is wet.” The current glider deployment, which began on October 27, is scheduled to end on November 17.
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