Dear colleagues,One or two humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are
usually sighted every year in Madeira Island (Portugal, NE Atlantic) during
their migration, and typically only during a day. This year, a whale was
sighted when it was being announced in the ECS in Malta that the next
conference will be held in Madeira! And until this day, a humpback whale was
never identified from this waters (to my best knowledge).I photographed the
fluke during a whalewatching trip with 'Ventura | Nature Emotions', and it
would be interesting to run the photograph with existing catalogues, especially
from the East Atlantic, to assess if it is an identified individual and know
more about this whale's histories.Please contact me if you have a photo-id
database for this species and are interested in the comparison.Thanks and hope
to see you all in Madeira in 2016,
Filipe Alvesmarine biologist,
PhDhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filipe_Alves/publications
CIIMAR-MadeiraTecnopolo, Madeira,
Portugal----------------------------------------Conservation Unit of the
Natural Park of Madeira ServiceQuinta do Meio, Madeira,
Portugal----------------------------------------Interdisciplinary Centre of
Marine and Environmental ResearchUniversity of Porto, Portugal
Ventura | Nature Emotionswhalewatching, Madeira Islandwww.venturadomar.com
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