Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: marine mammals, aerial surveys
| Principal Investigator: | Halliday, Bill (1) |
| Licence Number: | 17520 |
| Organization: | Wildlife Conservation Society Canada |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2024
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| Issued: | May 06, 2024 |
| Project Team: | Maya Chartier, Annie Loosen, Stephen Insley, Ellen Lea |
Objective(s): The main objectives for the marine mammal aerial surveys are to assess the distribution and abundance of bowhead whales, ringed seals, and bearded seals in May in the ISR and to assess the important of sea ice habitat on distribution.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5919. The main objectives for the marine mammal aerial surveys are to assess the distribution and abundance of bowhead whales, ringed seals, and bearded seals in May in the ISR and to assess the important of sea ice habitat on distribution. The marine mammal project will use aerial surveys in May in both 2024 and 2025. Surveys will use a belt transect methodology in a twin otter aircraft equipped with bottom-mounted cameras and four observers looking out of bubble windows. The plane will fly at an altitude of 305 m and fly at a speed of 204 km/hr. The surveys will focus on three areas for seals that have been identified as important by the communities of Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk: Darnley Bay, Minto Inlet, and Prince Albert Sound. The survey for bowhead whales will focus on the flaw lead in the Amundsen Gulf between roughly Cape Parry and Nelson H... Show more
