Coasts & Oceans
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To protect Canada’s whales, scientists are eavesdropping on the oceans
2024-01-16
By using AI and drone boats to track whale populations, the hope is it will be easier to keep them safe.
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Canada - How a gear lending program is helping the fishing industry and protecting right whales
2023-11-28
When Alden Gaudet pulled into Tingish Harbour on Prince Edward Island, other fishers could hardly believe their eyes.
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Ropeless gear shows promise in Canadian snow crab fishery, but full adoption faces challenges
2023-11-07
A photo of a North Atlantic Right Whale. Canadian commercial fishermen are hopeful ropeless gear could be a solution to address concerns of right whale entanglements in snow crab fisheries, and recent trials are showing that innovative technology can work along the East Coast of Canada.
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North Atlantic right whale population has steadied, scientists say
2023-10-23
'The slowing down of the decline is sort of the first good news that we've had in a long time'
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Endangered and entangled: Dal researchers' experience highlights the importance of protecting rare right whales
2023-08-07
Sarah Fortune was high atop the fly bridge of a snow crab boat, searching for endangered North Atlantic right whales, when she and research colleague Heather Foley noticed something odd about one of the animals they were tracking northwest of P.E.I. in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Youth environmental program expanding to numerous communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
2023-08-04
Both recreational and conservational activities are undertaken
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Endangered right whale movements in Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2023 ‘completely different’ IG News
2023-07-25
Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales arrived in the Gulf of St. Lawrence later than usual in 2023 and are showing up in places they’ve never been seen before, according to fishermen, scientists and Canadian fisheries managers.
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Ditch the Pesticides to Save Our Waters!
2023-06-14
As Rivers to Oceans Week comes to a close, we are ending with your garden and a nasty pesticide that’s commonly used: Neonicotinoids.
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Protection for all: Fisheries student testing whale-safe fishing gear with crab harvesters
2023-06-08
Genevieve Peck is using her thesis to test the use of whale-safe fishing gear in the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery.
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The Plight of the Southern Resident Killer Whales
2023-06-07
Four threats that have led the population to the brink of extinction
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