The project will take place in two locations. Work in Foxe Basin, based out of the community of Igloolik, will take place over approximately two weeks between mid June and mid July, 2025. Work off the east Coast of Baffin Island will be based out of the community of Clyde River and will take place over approximately three weeks in August 2025. The work in Foxe Basin will be carried out entirely be four Nunavut Beneficiaries, hired through the Igloolik Hunters and Trappers Association (HTA). Work based out of Clyde River will be carried out by Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) staff working alongside up to 4 Beneficiaries hired through Nangmautaq HTA. The main objectives of this study are to collect biopsy samples for use in updating abundance estimates of the Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead population and to use drones to collect photographs for use in photo-identification studies. ECWG bowhead whales are known to segregate based on age, with juvenile and subadult whales thought to use different summer habitat than older adults. By expanding our research to the east coast of Baffin Island we hope to learn more about the bowheads that use this area and to collect biopsy samples and photo-id data that would be more representative of the entire population. This data is essential for improving population abundance estimation and this research would represent an important step towards gaining a more complete understanding of ECWG bowhead population dynamics.