North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) sightings in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea during IWC‐Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC‐POWER) surveys.

The North Pacific right whale (hereafter NPRW), I Eubalaena japonica i , is currently divided into two populations, eastern and western (Brownell et al., 2001). The 2012 cruise occurred between July 13 and September 10 in the northern GoA, the 2017 cruise occurred from July 3 to September 25 in the eastern Bering Sea, and the 2018 cruise occurred from July 3 to September 25 in the central Bering Sea (Figure 1). Red polygons delineate the NPRW federally designated Critical Habitats. gl 1 TABLESummary of North Pacific right whale sightings, and life history information for the 16 right whales photographed during the 2012, 2017, and 2018 IWC-POWER cruises. Whale resighted 24 days later on August 18, 2018, in Penkigney Bay near Bering Strait.</td></tr></tbody></table> ht 1 I Note i : Whale ID corresponds to Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Marine Mammal Laboratory North Pacific right whale catalog number. [Extracted from the article]