![]() Before FishAlerts!, this information was only available through hard-to-navigate government websites and web browsers. The FishAlerts! Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Social Networking app is an exciting new app that allows you to view all available marine protected areas, national marine sanctuaries and their restrictions from your iPhone, iPad and Android phones. NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuariesīioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab or OrnithologyįishAlerts! National Marine Sanctuaries, Marine Protected Areas, Fishing Rules and Regulations, and Social Networking. Whale Alert can be downloaded free of charge from Apple's App Store. "Whale Alert allows us to crowd source data collection, so that as scientists we have more information available to help protect whales from ships." "More is usually better when it comes to data," said Jaime Jahncke, Point Blue Conservation Science lead on the project. Whale Alert data collected by citizen science and scientists are currently available online at the Whale Alert - West Coast website. New features include information about California Marine Protected Areas, PORTS® (Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System) tide and weather data and the ability for the public to report whale sightings to databases that NOAA and whale biologists use to map whale habitats and migration patterns. ![]() ![]() The app uses GPS, Automatic Identification System, Internet and NOAA nautical charts to provide mariners with a single source of information about whale locations and conservation measures that are active in their immediate vicinity. ![]() Whale Alert a free mobile application originally developed in 2012 to help protect endangered right whales on the East Coast, has been updated with new features to provide mariners in the Pacific with the most current information available about whale movements and conservation initiatives. West Coast can now use an iPad™ and iPhone™ to help decrease the risk of injury or death to whales from ship strikes. ![]()
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