The Oceania Project is conducting a long-term study - commenced in 1992 - of the ecology & behaviour humpback whales in Hervey Bay, Queensland Australia. The Expedition vessel "Moon Dancer" is a 12m-power catamaran.
The Oceania Project is affiliated with Southern Cross University incorporating the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre (SCUWRC) and the Centre for Animal Conservation Genetics (SCU CACG) and is an affiliate of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium (SPWRC).
The focus of the research being undertaken is a long term study of the social and ecological significance of Hervey Bay for the Area V humpback stock; genetic relatedness amongst humpbacks in Hervey Bay and the implications for social organisation and reproductive success and the extent to which social behaviour is determined by kinship.
There is an opportunity for a limited number of interns to participate the research expedition during August-October each year.
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