Public Notice & Press Release - March 24, 2025
Georgia non-profit designated a "Stationkeeper" for protecting North Atlantic Right Whales
Center for a Sustainable Coast on Saint Simons Island is collaborating in national whale protection
Contact: David Kyler, Center for a Sustainable Coast: susdev@gate.net (912) 689.4471
Moses Calouro, MotionInfo: mjc@mgn.com (401) 247.7780
Under the auspices of MontionInfo, the Center for a Sustainable Coast is a designated “Stationkeeper” gathering data to be used in tracking and protecting the North Atlantic Right Whale [NARW]. This critically endangered marine mammal inhabits the Atlantic Ocean, migrating south along Georgia’s coast during calving season, running from December to March, when it is especially vulnerable.
MotionInfo’s Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) network can remotely and automatically warn vessels to slow down when a whale is detected in their vicinity. See the map depicting the seamless range of coverage provided by the system of Stationkeepers along the U.S. east coast.
Using a device provided by MontionInfo, at its office on Saint Simons Island, the Center will serve as one of numerous sites along the southeast coast where wireless signals will be received and relayed to a whale monitoring system that will warn the crews of ocean-going vessels about nearby right-whale locations.
Serious injuries and deaths of these magnificent animals are often caused by vessel collisions, as the right whale population plummets.
Learn more about the plight of the NARW and the AIS whale tracking network capability at https://www.motioninfo.com/stationkeeper .