Here at the Dolphin Research Institute, we’ve been researching Victoria’s dolphin and whale populations for over 30 years. Our work is much like that of a detective’s – putting together the many pieces of a puzzle to understand how we can best protect our marine treasures.
Focusing on the Port Phillip, Western Port and central Bass Strait regions, we monitor our dolphin and whale populations by recording sightings and identifying individual dolphins, whales and killer whales. Every sighting and image taken helps us build a better picture of population sizes, associations of individuals, calving rates and success, and other important measures that are crucial to the ongoing protection of our dolphins and whales.
We lead three key research projects:
