From September 19 - October 3, 2025 from Guam to Koror, Palau, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted the Beyond the Blue: Palau Mapping 3 expedition (EX2507), a mapping and eDNA collection expedition with opportunistic marine mammal observations to the West Pacific. EX2507 mapped 28,060 sq. km of seafloor (2,325 in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone).
Albano et al. (Fri,) studied this question.