Marine mammal science

Species information, studies, and reports.

On social media

Searchable database filtered by name, group, region, province, territory and conservation status.

Actions to help protect Canada's endangered whales.

Harp and grey seal, St. Lawrence and Nunavik beluga, bowhead whales and narwhal.

Marine mammal population dynamics and prey population mortality.

The issue of small cetacean (porpoise) bycatch and researching human impacts on marine mammals.

How climate change is impacting animals in the Arctic, Hudson Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northwest Atlantic.

Why we needed the study, our goals and new population data.

Population monitoring, recovery, conservation, how to report a sighting and publications.

Tracking large-scale migration, movements and the remote habitats of marine species.

Satellite-linked transmitters are miniaturized sensors recording physical data.

Gathering input on science activities and programs related to seals and their role in the ecosystem in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.

Research on seals in Atlantic Canada.

Scientists and science programs based in research institutes across the country.