Saving Abaco's Dolphins after Hurricane Dorian

Although 2021 still has it's challenges,with COVID-19 dominating our movements, these limitations have increased the quiet time in the Sea of Abaco that began with the monstrous hurricane Dorian destroying all the boats on 1^st September 2019.

We are recieving more reports of dolphins returning to the Sea of Abaco and using their historical habitats. We recently again retrieved and redeployed our acoustic recorders in the Sea of Abaco that continue to monitor the changes in ambient noise and detect dolphin presence in the area. During two of the redeployments we saw dolphins around the acoustic recorder site, a great sign.

We have also been given funding from the Bahamas Protected Area Fund to continue this important project and will be conducting a two week survey in the Sea of Abaco in November.

We recently again retrieved and redeployed our acoustic recorders in the Sea of Abaco that continue to monitor the changes in ambient noise and detect dolphin presence in the area. We are also making plans to spend some time doing dedicated visual surveys in the area for bottlenose dolphins which will enable us to check on the status of their health, visually, as well as document any new calves.

We are contiuing to receive more sightings of dolphins in the area than before hurricane Dorian, however more boats are now using the area, as much needed tourism returns and there is an increase in boat charters.