Dear MARMAM, On behalf of Co-Authors we are pleased to announce a recent publication: Franklin, W., Franklin, T., Andrews-Goff, V., Paton, D.A., and Double, M. 2017. Movement of two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) satellite-radio tagged off Eden, NSW and matched by photo-identification with the Hervey Bay catalogue. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE(17): 29-33. ABSTRACT Photo-identification studies of humpback whales off eastern Australia show low levels of intermingling between eastern Australia and New Caledonia whales and that some eastern Australian humpback whales migrate through the southern waters of New Zealand en route to Antarctic feeding areas. Furthermore photo-identification studies have shown that the waters near the Balleny Islands, in Antarctic IWC Management Area V, are a feeding area for some eastern Australian humpback whales. However such studies provide no details of the routes taken between New Zealand and Australia and to and from Antarctic feeding areas. Sixteen humpback whales were satellite-linked radio tagged off Eden NSW in 2008. The number and duration of the tag positions reported revealed complete migratory transits from Eden to Antarctic IWC Management Area V and IV feeding areas. Photographs of the Eden humpback whales were compared to the Hervey Bay photo-identification catalogue and yielded two matches, identified from lateral body marks and dorsal fins. This study provides the first evidence that during the southern migration some humpback whales stopover at Hervey Bay and also migrate past Eden on the NSW coast. The tracks of the two whales from Eden showed that a male sighted in Hervey Bay in the same season moved southeast from Eden towards southern New Zealand. A female with site-fidelity to Hervey Bay in previous seasons, accompanied by a calf when the tag was deployed, moved down and around the coast of Victoria, across Bass straight and then southwest into the Antarctic IWC Management Area IV feeding area. Eden may be a migratory hub for humpback whales departing from and approaching the east coast of Australia. This study suggests that eastern Australian humpback whales may exhibit a more diverse range of feeding destinations, after leaving Australian coastal waters, than previously reported. PDF’s available from: wally@oceania.org.au <mailto:wally@oceania.org.au> Regards, Wally & Trish Franklin ........................................................................ Wally Franklin PhD The Oceania Project PO Box 646 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia ABN 73 052 470 630 ACN 052 470 630 Phone: 0418 797 326 Skype: oceania.org.au Email: wally@oceania.org.au <mailto:wally@oceania.org.au> Web: <http://www.oceania.org.au/> The Oceania Project <http://www.oceania.org.au/> iWhales.org <http://www.iwhales.org/> Songlines - Songs of the eastern Australian humpback whales <http://www.songlinesofthewhales.org/> The Oceania Project | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/oceania> <https://vimeo.com/iwhales>The Oceania Project | Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/iwhales> The Oceania Project | SoundCloud <https://soundcloud.com/iwhales> The Oceania Project <http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOceaniaProject>| <https://soundcloud.com/iwhales>YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOceaniaProject> Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre <https://www.scu.edu.au/research-centres/marine-ecology-research-centre/whales-and-dolphins/whale-and-dolphin-research/hervey-bay-whale-research-project/> <https://soundcloud.com/iwhales> <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/357/>Dr Trish Franklin <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/357/> | <https://soundcloud.com/iwhales>PhD Thesi <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/357/>s Google Scholar Citations <https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=RAOLIrMAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1> <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/422/>Dr Wally Franklin <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/422/> <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/422/>| <https://soundcloud.com/iwhales>PhD Thesis <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/357/> Google Scholar Citations <https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=2wA6lL8AAAAJ&hl=en> Humpback whales - Spread the Story <https://www.gofundme.com/theoceaniaproject>