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Table 1. Summary of the flight hours, flight types, and number of right whales seen during 2004 NARWSS flights |
| Month in 2004 |
Flight Hours |
Systematic Broadscale Flights * |
Systematic Broadscale Series Completed |
Critical Habitat Surveys |
DAM Surveys |
Bombing Range Surveys |
# of Right
Whales
Sighted ** |
| January |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| February |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
| March |
27 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
| April |
71 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
69 |
| May |
57 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
94 |
| June |
84 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
73 |
| July |
13 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| August |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| September |
29 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
| October |
34 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| November |
47 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| December |
30 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Totals |
397 |
56 |
7 |
4 |
14 |
8 |
294 |
*Flights that included both systematic broadscale and management survey time were counted as broadscale flights.
**The
number of right whales sighted is a tally of estimated group sizes, not the
number of unique individuals identified from photographs. |