Whale Rescue
Australia
New South Wales
ORRCA (Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia)
Hotline Phone Number 02 9415 3333
www.orrca.org.au (ORRCA)
Northern Territory
Marine Wildwatch
Hotline Phone Number 1800 453 941
Queensland
RSPCA
Hotline Phone Number 1300 264 625
South Australia
SA National Parks & Wildlife Service
Hotline Phone Number 1300 650 411
Quote 465393
Tasmania
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment
Hotline Phone Number 0427 942 537
Victoria
Whale and Dolphin Emergency Hotline
Hotline Phone Number 1300 136 017
Western Australia
Wildcare
Hotline Phone Number 08 9474 9055
New Zealand
Department of Conservation (DOC)
NZ Govt Stranding Hotline: 0800 362 468
Project Jonah
Project Jonah Stranding Hotline: 0800 4 94253
www.projectjonah.org.nz (Project Jonah)
If all else fails call NZ Police on phone number 111.
Conservation and Environment NGO’s
Earth Watch Institute Australia (EWAust)
Greenpeace Australia Pacific (Greenpeace Aust)
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) (IFAWAust)
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherd Aust)
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) (WWFAust) (WWF Whales)
Humane Society International (HSI)
Ocean Pollution
Two Hands Project (THP)
Take 3 Org (TK3)
Australian Government Agencies
Australian Federal Government
Australian Marine Mammal Centre (Marine Mammals)
Queensland
The Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing (QLDParks)
NSW
NSW Parks and Wildlife Service (Wild About Whales) (NSWParks)
NSW Maritime (NSWMaritime)
Victoria
Parks Victoria (VicParks)
Tasmania
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania (TasParks)
South Australia
The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (SAParks)
Western Australia
The Department of Environment and Conservation (WAParks)
Northern Territory
Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport (NTParks)
Australian Federal Government
The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DeptEnviro)
New Zealand Government Agencies
Department of Conservation (NZDOC)
Science
Australia – Universities
BRAHSS (Behavioural Response of Australian Humpback Whales to Seismic Surveys) (BRAHSS)
BRAHSS is a major research project aimed at understanding how humpback whales respond to seismic surveys involving the Universities of Queensland, Sydney and Newcastle, the Curtin University of Technology, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
James Cook University – Minke Whale Project (MWP)
Macquarie University – Marine Mammal Research Group
Murdoch University – Cetacean Research Unit (MUCRU)
University of Queensland – Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory (CEAL)
Southern Cross University – Whale Research Centre (SCU)
The Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS)
Georgetown University (USA) – The Shark Bay Dolphin Project (MMD)
Establishment in 1984, The Shark Bay Dolphin Project is an in-depth and long term study of the dolphins of Shark Bay in Western Australia.
New Zealand – Universities
Auckland University of Technology – Cetacean Research (AUT)
University of Otago – Marine Mammal Research Group (UO)
Private or Not For Profit Whale Studies and Groups
Australia
Blue Whale Study Inc (Blue Whale Study)
A charitable organisation conducting ecological research and education since 1998 to promote understanding and conservation of Endangered blue whales and their feeding habitat in southern Australian waters.
Centre for Whale Research (CRW)
The Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia) Inc. is a non-profit research institute established in 1993 to conduct scientific research into marine mammals in the order Cetacea, the whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Humpbacks and Highrises (H&H)
H&H is studying Humpback whales migration past Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Kimberley Community Whale Research Project (KCWRP)
The Kimberley Community Whale Research Project is a land-based Humpback Whale survey in the Kimberly region of Western Australia.
Marine Mammal Research (MMR)
Migaloo (Migaloo)
The White Whale Research Centre
Norfolk Island Whale Survey
Oceania Project (OP)
The Oceania Project has been conducting research within the Hervey Bay Marine Park in Queensland for more than a decade.
The Australian Orca Database (AOD)
The Australian Orca Database (est 09), was formally known as the “Southern Ocean Orca Database” (est 1994) and strives to build a better understanding of Australia’s Killer Whales (Orcinus orca).
Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF)
SURFAH
Surface and Underwater Research on Feeding Australian Humpback Whales – Based in Eden, NSW
The Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI)
New Zealand
Kaikoura Ocean Research Institute (KORI)
Founded in 2012, the Kaikoura Ocean Research Institute Inc. (K.O.R.I) is a network of marine researchers and educators working in the Kaikoura area of New Zealand.
NZ Whale and Dolphin Trust (NZWDT)
The New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust is a research driven organisation committed to the conservation of New Zealand’s whales and dolphins. They are particularly interested in the Maui’s and Hector’s Dolphins.
Orca Research Trust – NZ
The Kingdom of Tonga
The Tongan Fluke Collective (TFC)
The Tongan Fluke Collective (TFC) aims to build a catalogue of tail fluke ID images of the Humpback whales visiting the Kingdom of Tonga during the breeding and calving season to help scientists build a better understanding of their numbers and distribution.
Whale / Ocean Conservation Groups
Women for Whales (W4W)
Women for Whale’s mission is to create and support a universal collaboration for the protection and conservation of marine mammals through methods that are pro-active, positive and peaceful.
Australian Whale and Dolphin Watching Tours
Queensland
Whale Watching Queensland (WWQLD)
Hervey Bay
Blue Dolphin Tours (BDT)
Freedom Whale Watch (FWW)
Hervey Bay Whale Watch (HBWW)
MV Mikat (MVM)
Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF)
Spirit of Hervey Bay (SOHB)
Tasman Venture (TV)
Whale Watching Hervey Bay (WWHB)
Gold Coast
Sea World Whale Watch (SWWW)
NSW
Far North Coast
Coolangatta – Coolangatta Whale Watch (CWW)
Kingscliff – Watersports Guru (WSG)
Byron Bay – Blue Bay Whale Watching (BBWW)
Wooli – Wooli Dive Centre (WDC)
Mid North Coast
Coffs Harbour – Pacific Explorer (PE)
South West Rocks – Fish Rock Dive Centre (FRDC)
South West Rocks – Big River Environmental 4WD ECO TOURS (BRE)
Port Macquarie – Port Macquarie Cruise Adventures (PMCA)
Port Stephens – Dolphin Swim Australia (DSA)
Port Stephens – Imagine Cruises (IC)
Port Stephens – Moonshadow Cruises (MSC)
Port Stephens – Tamboi Queen Cruises (TQC)
Central Coast
Ettalong – Central Coast Charters (CCC)
Palm Beach/Patong – Fantasea Cruises (FSC)
Sydney
Australian Spirit Sailing (ASS)
Captain Cook Cruises (CCC)
Fantasea Cruises (FSC)
Halicat Tours (HCT)
Manly Ocean Adventures (MOA)
Manly Whale Watching (MWW)
Pro Dive Whale Watching (PD)
Sydney Whale Watching (SWW)
Whale Watching Sydney (WWS)
South Coast
Jervis Bay – Dolphin Watch Cruises (DWC)
Narooma – Narooma Charters (NC)
Eden – Cat Balou Cruises (CBC)
Victoria
Warrnambool – Warrnambool Whale Watching (WWW)
Tasmania
Bruny Island – Bruny Island Cruises (BIC)
Tasman Island – Tasman Island Adventure Cruises (TIAC)
South Australia
Vitor Harbour – South Australian Whale Centre (SAWC)
Western Australia
North
Broome
Absolute Ocean Charters (AOC)
Kimberley Whales (KW)
Sentosa Charters (SC)
Perth
Oceanic Cruises (OCWA)
South
Dunsborough – Naturaliste Charters (NC)
Northern Territory
New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Watching Tours
North Island
Auckland’s Whale and Dolphin Safari (AWDS)
Paihia (Bay of Islands) – Dolphin Cruises (DCP)
Whakatane – Whale Island Tours (WIT)
South Island
Kaikoura
Dolphin Encounter (DEK)
Whale Watch Kaikoura (KWW)
Wings Over Whales (WOW)
Air Kaikoura (AK)
Akaroa
Akaroa Dolphins (AD)
Black Cat (ABC)
EcoSeaker (ECS)
Swimming With Dolphins (SWD)
Tonga Whale and Dolphin Watching Tours
Vava’u
Dolphin Pacific Diving
Tongan Expeditions
Whales in the Wild (WITW)
Ha’apai
Majestic Whale Encounters (MWE)
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