AFSC/NMML: Beluga whale aerial survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1993-2022
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has conducted aerial counts of Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from 1993 to 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022.  Nearly all counts were conducted during the month of June.  The routine nature of these counts and the consistency in research protocol lend …