Principal Investigator:Insley, Stephen Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5918.
The main objective is to assess the abundance of Pacific common eiders, in the ISR. The primary methodology is aerial surveys during the spring and summer in the eastern Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf.
To accomplish the objectives, a series of aerial surveys have been designed during the spring and summer mont...
Principal Investigator:Insley, Stephen Licensed Year(s):
2024
20232022 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5805.
Our project has two main objectives:
1) Examine the impacts of underwater noise from vessel traffic on ringed seals.
2) Examine the spatial ecology of ringed seals in the western Canadian Arctic and estimate their exposure to underwater noise from vessel traffic.
Within all of these objectives, the team will b...
Principal Investigator:Insley, Stephen Licensed Year(s):
2024
2023 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5810.
The goal of this project is to design and maintain a long-term, locally-based, diet and condition data collection program focused on ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Darnley Bay, Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok areas of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT.
To accomplish our ...
Principal Investigator:Insley, Stephen Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5559.
The main objective is to assess and mitigate the impacts of increased shipping and sea-ice loss on marine mammals in the eastern Beaufort Sea. The primary method used in the completion of this objective will be passive acoustic monitoring of the western entrances to the Northwest Passage shipping route, particularly t...