Ep 36 Southern Right Whales | Max Fabry and Katy Fannei

About this episode

Kurt discusses whale research with scientists Max Fabry and Katy Fannei, exploring their innovative monitoring program in Western Australia.

In this episode Kurt dives into the wild coastline of Western Australia with whale researchers Katy Fannei and Max Fabry, two scientists who built a groundbreaking whale-monitoring program from scratch, fueled by passion, volunteers, and community pilots. From flying light aircraft over 450 km of coastline to navigating remote beaches with drones and 4WDs, Katharina and Max reveal how a chance meeting led to a unique collaboration linking whale behavior with estuaries, drones, and citizen sci...

People in this episode

Host: Kurt Krispyn

Guests: Max Fabry, Katy Fannei

Topics covered

• whale research
• conservation
• citizen science
• drones
• estuary behavior

Keywords

• Southern Right Whales
• whale monitoring
• drones
• citizen science
• Western Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Western Australia

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