Projects
At Deep Blue Conservancy, every project begins with a commitment to science and ends with measurable impact. Our initiatives are designed to protect marine ecosystems while advancing our understanding of how whales and other ocean life communicate, migrate, and adapt to a changing planet. Since 1998, we’ve led long-term research in Banderas Bay, Mexico, documenting humpback whale songs, monitoring population patterns, and studying the effects of human activity on their habitats. Beyond research, we engage local communities through education and citizen science programs that inspire ocean stewardship. From reducing noise pollution to fostering sustainable tourism, our projects bridge knowledge and action to ensure the ocean’s story continues for generations to come.
Photo Identification Project
We have been iIdentifying Humpback Whales by their tail markings and pigmentation since 1995, this allows us as researchers to track their movements and estimate their numbers. This has proved to be a useful technique to evaluate their ecological dynamics and their migration patterns.
Kite Aerial Photography Project
The Kite Aerial Photography Project is dedicated to implement the use of specialized kites to elevate our cameras in order to document from an aerial perspective how whales react to boat maneauvering around them. The results have helped to design respectful and responsible whale watching operations minimizing the possible impact of boat maneuvers.
Whale Songs Project
Humpback Whales, like all cetaceans are acoustical animals, the dominant sense they engage to relate to each other and the environment is hearing, therefore acoustics play a dominant role in their lives and their life cycles.
Since 1998 we have taken the task to record in high definition the Humpback Whale Songs in Banderas Bay, Mexico and the results of this project have revealed that the role of the song is crucial for reproduction and migration, because of this fact one of the main concerns for whales´ conservation is noise pollution.