About the Authors

Amanda Hodgson

a.hodgson@murdoch.edu.au

Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Natalie Kelly

Affiliations CSIRO Computational Informatics and Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia

David Peel

Affiliations CSIRO Computational Informatics and Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia

Competing Interests

We declare that we received research funding from two sources: AMMC and Woodside Energy Inc. We also declare that Insitu Pacific Pty Ltd provided, as in kind support, the ScanEagle UAV and associated equipment (ground control station, launch and recovery equipment), management and support personnel, and flying time. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH. Performed the experiments: AH. Analyzed the data: NK DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH NK DP. Wrote the manuscript: AH NK DP.