Fujairah whale study, supported by the Office of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Fujairah, U.A.E.
The study is lead by a team of international whale scientists from Five Oceans Environmental Services and will involve systematic scientific surveys to detect the presence of sperm whales and other whales and dolphins off the Emirate, based on visual transects from vessels and acoustic surveys using hydrophones (underwater microphones) to record the variety of vocalisations that sperm whales use to navigate, find prey and communicate with other members of their pod.
The waters of the Emirate of Fujairah are also known to support a range of other species of whales and dolphins. Species recorded to date, both during this project and previously, include common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), killer whales (Orcinus orca), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba).
Other marine wildlife is also encountered offshore, such as seabirds, turtles, game fish, sharks and rays. Dedicated scientific research on sea snakes over the past few years, also supported by His Highness the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Fujairah, U.A.E., has also revealed a remarkable diversity of sea snakes, with a total of eight of the nine species known in the region having been recorded.
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