# Webinar: How real-time acoustic monitoring is transforming marine mammal protection

Learn how Bayquest uses Spotter Sound to collect real-time underwater acoustic data and protect marine mammals off the San Francisco coast.

Sofar Ocean

Sep 3, 2025

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In this Marine Technology Society (MTS) Member Webinar, we explore how real-time acoustic monitoring is accelerating efforts to protect marine mammals off the San Francisco coast.

Bayquest, a Bay Area-based nonprofit, leverages our [Spotter Sound](/content/products/spotter/solutions/sound/index.html) solution to monitor underwater acoustics in real time and track vessel impacts on humpback whale behavior and vocalization. During the session, our panelists discuss:

- How Bayquest lowers the cost and complexity of underwater acoustic monitoring using Spotter Sound, and delivers real-time acoustic data that helps researchers and policymakers protect humpback whales.
- How Spotter Sound equips Sofar’s [Spotter Platform](/content/products/spotter/index.html) with an AI-enabled hydrophone, enabling real-time, long-duration, and remote machine learning detection and classification of underwater acoustics.
- How marine professionals around the world leverage Spotter Sound to monitor offshore construction noise, streamline environmental compliance, detect unauthorized vessels, and more.

A Q&A follows the webinar. Special thanks to MTS for hosting the session and providing the recording.

Jarrah Orphin

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Dan Breyre

Sofar Ocean

Ray Duran

Bayquest

Firuze Gokce

Bayquest