SWIMM: Saving Whales with Innovative Monitoring and Mitigation

2017年北大西洋露脊鲸（NARW）死亡危机需要立即采取广泛的行动， 减少船舶撞击和渔具缠绕造成的致命风险。这些行动似乎成功， 政府、工业和地方经济的巨大成本。监测、政策和管理需要 更能适应关于加拿大NARW存在和分布的新知识，以防止灭绝， 保护加拿大市场准入。我们提出了推进最先进的NARW评估的研究， 监测技术，以量化风险，并制定适应性，可持续的解决方案，以保护鲸鱼， 变化的海洋我们将研究四个主题。第一个重点是低成本，实时被动声学 使用自主水下滑翔机监测鲸鱼。第二阶段将确定环境 以及生境变异的人为原因和后果。第三个将更好地量化鲸鱼的健康， 环境污染物。第四次评估船舶撞击和渔具风险及缓解方案， 包括制定和传播接近实时的风险估计， 风险缓解。这个充满活力的多学科计划是通过与20+合作成为可能 来自加拿大和国际上所有部门的组织。该计划是回顾性的评估， 以前和现有的风险缓解战略的有效性，及时确保决策者有最好的 有关当前法规的信息，并通过提出动态的数据驱动型解决方案来实现前瞻性 关注经济和环境保护目标。通过我们开发的技术和专业知识， 研究将有助于巩固加拿大作为鲸鱼研究和海洋技术全球领导者的地位， 培养下一代年轻科学家。裁判应该认识到，除了D巴克莱 （co-PI），大部分的建议是由一个光明的未来一代写的：K戴维斯博士，J货车德博士 Hoop，H约翰逊，M卡尔和D Durette-Morin.

The 2017 North Atlantic right whale (NARW) mortality crisis required immediate, broad-sweeping actions to mitigate lethal risk from vessel strikes and fishing gear entanglement. The actions appear successful at considerable cost to government, industry and local economies. Monitoring, policy and management needs to be more adaptable to new knowledge on NARW presence and distribution in Canada to prevent extinction and protect Canadian market access. We propose research that advances state-of-the-art NARW assessment and monitoring technology to quantify risks and develop adaptive, sustainable solutions to protect the whales in a changing ocean. We will pursue four research themes. The 1st focuses low-cost, real-time passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) of the whales using autonomous underwater gliders. The 2nd will identify environmental and anthropogenic causes and consequences of habitat variability. The 3rd will better quantify whale health and environmental contaminants. The 4th assess vessel strike and fishing gear risk and mitigation options, including the development and dissemination of near real-time risk estimates to inform dynamic and targeted risk mitigation. This vigorous multidisciplinary program is made possible through collaborations with 20+ organizations from all sectors in Canada and internationally. The program is retrospective in assessing the efficacy of previous and existing risk-mitigation strategies, timely in ensuring decision-makers have the best information regarding current regulations, and forward-looking by proposing dynamic, data-driven solutions that are mindful of economic and conservation goals. The technologies and expertise developed through our research will help solidify Canada's role as a global leader in whale research and ocean technology, while training the next generation of young scientists. Referees should recognize that in addition to D Barclay (co-PI), the majority of the proposal was written by a bright future generation: Dr K Davies, Dr J van der Hoop, H Johnson, M Carr and D Durette-Morin.