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Cook Islands Whale Research
CIWR
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific
Region Active
Pacific
Research organization
1998
Activity
Marine research, Cetaceans
Description
One of the leading cetacean research organizations in the world, CIWR and its associate CCRC study and distribute information on the populations of cetaceans and other marine mammals in the Cook Islands, South Pacific. CIWR documents population abundance of humpback whales, beaked whales, sperm whales, dolphins, other cetaceans, marine mammals, turtles and sharks through opportunistic and systematic surveys.
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