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Canada’s Great Whales
Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale
There are only about 500 North Atlantic Right Whales left in the world. Based on scarring patterns, it is estimated that more than 100 of these whales get entangled in fishing…
Uniting Technology to Track Whales
The glider in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence has been monitoring Right Whales in that area for nearly three months now, and it has been a fascinating survey. In…
Navigating Gliders in Support of Whale Conservation
Our friends at WHaLE deployed a glider into the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in early June, just before aerial and shipboard surveys discovered several Right Whales north off the…
Is Canada Ready to Stand Up for the North Atlantic Right Whale?
Update (July 22, 2017): DFO has now completely closed the crab fishery in Area 12. This will help prevent more entanglements and it is a further, unprecedented action that is…
That’s a wrap: the end of an extraordinary field season for the WHaLE Project
Last Friday our wonderful and talented technician Adam Comeau pulled the last glider out of the water, marking the end of an extraordinary field season for the WhaLE project. This…
The many wonders of underwater sound in the world of whales
The next time you’re outside swimming on a summer day and a boat goes by, dunk your head underwater and have a listen – the sound from the boat is…
The curious case of baleen whale feeding
Baleen whales eat swarms of tiny crustaceans called zooplankton, and they engage in all kinds of tricky tactics to get the biggest mouthful of food for the smallest amount of…
The ongoing story of our gliders
If you’ve looked at our Whale map lately, you may have noticed that we deployed gliders that listen for whales in particular locations – one in the Gulf of St.…
