Tag: ocean noise
WWF-Canada releases report from workshop on underwater noise management
Louise Blight January 20, 2014
WWF-Canada hosted the second workshop on ocean noise, with the goal of finding solutions for managing underwater noise in Canada’s Pacific. This month, we released the workshop report, including recommendations in eight key areas.
Humpback Haven in Peril- Joint Review Panel Fails on Whales
Linda Nowlan December 23, 2013
Humpbacks are a delight to watch as they breach, drift by, or bubble net feed. I was lucky to visit a humpback haven on BC’s North Coast recently. WWF is helping Cetacealab, a research station on Gil Island, and the Gitga’at First Nation expand a hydrophone there to monitor underwater sound.
Underwater Noise: WWF-Canada goes Green Tech
Louise Blight June 24, 2013
Noise from shipping traffic is increasingly making the world’s oceans louder.
Protecting quiet oceans
Jo Anne Walton December 27, 2012
Whales were on the agenda at the opening of the Northern Gateway public hearings this month in Prince Rupert. Environmental lawyers carefully grilled witnesses about the impacts NGP oil supertankers could have on the open water habitat of marine mammals in the Great Bear Sea.
Janie Wray and Hermann Meuter: Tuning in to the underwater world
WWF December 10, 2012
“It’s very hard to describe the connection that we have to whales because it is so sacred. They’re so intelligent and unique. I cannot imagine a planet without their presence.” – Janie Wray, Researcher, Cetacealab.