Vancouver Launches Underwater Listening Station to Protect Whales

Written By Trevor @ Hop Creative

Sep 15, 2015

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Port Metro Vancouver, with support from the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada and JASCO Applied Sciences, has deployed a hydrophone listening station that will monitor underwater vessel noise in the Strait of Georgia. Underwater noise has been identified as a key threat to at-risk whales.

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