Project: 
Project D3 - Implementing monitoring of AMPs and the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf
Researcher email address: 
Neville.Barrett@utas.edu.au
Topic: 
AUV research cruise in Freycinet CMR in 2016.
Species of interest in the image: 
Humpback whale
Species scientific name: 
Megaptera novaeangliae
Date: 
September, 2016
Location: 
Freycinet CMR
Hub imagery ID: 
2752
Depth: 
60-120
Habitat: 
Reef / Shelf
Platform: 
AUV
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Caption: 
Humpback whales point the way to the Freycinet CMR for Hub researchers during a 2016 AUV survey.
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
IMAS/ Marine Biodiversity Hub
Credit: 
Margot Delaporte
Contact email address: 
neville.barrett@utas.edu.au
Description: 
In September 2016 Hub researchers undertook a survey of the benthic fauna of the Freycinet CMR with an Autonomous underwater vehicle. While there, they encountered a significant number of Humpback whales that were passing through on their southward migration to Antarctic feeding grounds for summer.