During 2017, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority's Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and
Observation program carried out a two-month voluntary vessel slowdown trial to determine …

Underwater noise pollution is becoming globally recognised as a significant threat to aquatic
ecosystems and the resources they provide. The effects of noise pollution extend from blue …

The inland waters around southern Vancouver Island and northern Washington State,
known as the Salish Sea, host critical habitat for endangered southern resident killer whales …

The global COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in vessel traffic in many areas
around the world, including vessel-based tourism throughout Alaska, USA in 2020. Marine …

This introduction to a special issue on approaches to managing underwater noise in
Canada provides a brief overview of recent efforts to better understand and reduce …

Marine mammals rely heavily on sound for foraging, communicating, and navigating. As
noise in the ocean increases, their ability to perform these important life functions can be …

Oceanic acoustic environments are dynamic, shaped by the spatiotemporal variability in
transmission losses and sound propagation pathways of natural and human-derived noise …

Anthropogenic underwater noise has been identified as a potentially serious stressor for the
critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW). The Government of Canada is …

This report specifies the acoustic metrics which will be used in the field measurements and
acoustic modelling for the JOMOPANS project. These acoustic metrics will form the basis of …

The spatial extent of a dual-frequency echosounder and its potential impact on cetacean
species were examined. Sound emissions of output frequencies of 83 kHz and 200 kHz …