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Efforts to advance underwater noise management in Canada: Introduction to the Marine Pollution Bulletin Special Issue,

2022
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Breeze, H., Nolet, V., Thomson, D., Wright, A.J., Marotte, E., Sanders, M.,

Review of mitigation measures introduced to manage underwater noise in Canada. Overview of scope of Canada’s National ocean noise strategy....
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Keywords: Canada, Killer whales, Mitigation measures, National ocean noise strategy, Vessel slow downs

Analysis of protected species observer data: Strengths, weaknesses, and application in the assessment of marine mammal responses to seismic surveys in the northern Gulf of Mexico 2002–2015

2024
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Plos ONE

Barkaszi, M.J. and Kelly, C.J.

Data collected by certified and trained PSOs during seismic surveys conducted between 2002–2015 is analysed to assess utility in assessing marine mammal responses to seismic noise...
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Keywords: Animal behaviour, Beaked whales, Dolphins, Killer whales, Marine mammals, Pilot whales, Sperm whales

The effects of vessel slowdowns on foraging habitat of the southern resident killer whales

2020
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Trounce, K. Robinson, O., MacGillivray, A., Hannay, D., Wood, J., Tollit, D. and Joy, R.

Analysis of participation in ECHO program, a collaborative programme to introduce voluntary slowdowns for commercial shipping traffic. A 61% participation rate resulted in 22% reduction in...
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Keywords: Killer whales, Shipping, Vessel speed

Habituation to an acoustic harassment device (AHD) by killer whales depredating demersal longlines

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Tixier, Gasco, N., Duhamel, G. and Guinet, C.

Acoustic harassment devices (AHDs) have been increasingly implemented in various fisheries that suffer significant losses caused by odontocete depredation. However, the efficacy of AHDs to deter...
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Keywords: Acoustic harassment device AHD, Depredation, Killer whales, Longline ?sheries

Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behaviour of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca.

2009
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Endangered Species Research

Lusseau, D., Bain, D. E., Williams, R. and Smith, J. C.

Vessel traffic may have contributed to southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca becoming endangered. To determine the importance of this threat, we measured the behavior of...
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Keywords: Foraging behaviour, Killer whales, Vessel traffic