Aquatic Animal Tracking: The North Atlantic Right Whale
Beyond Research
English - February 09, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBScience Business Non-Profit science research climate change healthy people health care healthcare sustainable bioeconomy circular economy quality of life Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Coastal communities are increasingly having to better understand the marine environment, including balancing prosperous fisheries and endangered aquatic species. It's estimated that more than 90% of large oceanic fish have disappeared since the 1950s due to over exploitation, habitat destruction, and a changing climate.
Listen as Dr. Sara Iverson, Scientific Director of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) headquartered at Dalhousie University, explains how the Nova Scotia based network has become the world's aquatic animal tracking network, deploying state-of-the-art ocean monitoring equipment around the world to inform conservation initiatives, including the protection of the North Atlantic Right Whale.