Our monitoring catalogs

Each individual marine mammal is unique and possesses its own distinctive features: the shape of its dorsal fin, scars, spots, or patterns on the body or tail fin.​​

These markings therefore act as a fail-safe way to identify an individual—this is where photo-identification truly comes into its own.

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With this method, we collect data and build catalogs of identifiable individuals, enabling us to:

• Understand the social structures of groups such as Bottlenose dolphins.

• Track the migrations of Humpback whales.

• Estimate the population size of species like Sperm whales.

 

Thanks to your photo-identifications, OMMAG has compiled 11 catalogues of the most representative marine mammal species in the Guadeloupe Archipelago.

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That’s why, in the context of this citizen-science project, your observations and images are invaluable. ​

Please feel free to send them to us via the submission form or to your regional contact.