Cody Carlyle

smartWhales SBDS The Space-based Detection System (SBDS) developed under the smartWhales Initiative with financial support from the Canadian Space Agency.

Colleagues at Hatfield Consultants also put together a beautiful story map summarizing the novel use of #satellite #technology for #whale #conservation: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/849a...

Semi‐Automated Detection of Right Whales (Eubalaena spp.) in Very High‐Resolution Satellite Imagery Space-based detection of whales is proliferating because it shows promise as a monitoring tool, yet tests of its application across taxa and environments are rare. The objective of this study was to ....

Link to the open-access, peer-reviewed paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Some more information from our industry partners

Hatfield press release: lnkd.in/dtEG2aR5

AltaML press release: lnkd.in/g9ZdyhtS

#smartWhales #MarineConservation #AI #SatelliteTechnology #NorthAtlanticRightWhale #Innovation

Thanks to Canadian Space Agency, Fisheries and Ocean's Canada, and Transport Canada for funding the smartWhales initiative to make this work possible

smartWhales SBDS The Space-based Detection System (SBDS) developed under the smartWhales Initiative with financial support from the Canadian Space Agency.

Our industry partners Hatfield Consultants and Alta ML made this amazing ESRI storymap to highlight what we did and the issues in right whale conservation that make this work important storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/849a...

Figure of study area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with an area imaged by a satelite highlighted and then zoomed in on to show a chip of the whole satellite image of the ocean

Examples of whales at the surface of the ocean in satellite images

Happy to announce our new article in @marinemammalogy.bsky.social on finding #rightwhales in satellite imagery using machine learning. Great collaboration with academia, industry, and conservation @cwf-fcf.bsky.social. #whalesfromspace #NARW

Link:
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Updated abundance estimate of the eastern Beaufort Sea #beluga population! I participated in the aerial survey in 2019 as part of my masters project. The last estimate was from 1992.
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DFO identifies entangled North Atlantic right whale in St. Lawrence estuary Fisheries and Oceans Canada says an entangled North Atlantic right whale has been spotted on the north shore of the St. Lawrence estuary.

EG5132 recently seen still entangled in St. Lawrence Estuary

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Gear analysis of EG5132 identifying the entanglement as low breaking strength gear

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Right whale detection in Gulf will mean restrictions for some P.E.I. lobster boats | CBC News The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association says the latest detection of a North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region will mean some lobster fishing crews on the North Shore will have to rem...

I'm all for proven #rightwhale conservation measures that keep harvesters fishing but CBC probably should not talk about low breaking strength "whale-safe gear" without mentioning a right whale (EG5132) is currently entangled in Canada in low breaking strength gear

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Was a student at @umanitoba.bsky.social when this work was done

I'm proud of this work and think this information will be very useful to others trying to document the response of species to rapid climate change in the Arctic. These regions have only continued to change since when they were visited for this study.

Figure of the eastern Canadian Arctic with colored boxes outlining the regions surveyed for the study and the panels outlined with the corresponding colour highlighting a more detailed map of the specific region with the survey lines flown for that survey (Blue/B: High Arctic, Yellow/C: Intermediate Arctic, Red/D: Low Arctic)

Birds eye view photograph of ringed seals hauled out on top of sea ice taken by cameras in the survey plane documenting the area along the transect lines of the survey

Excited to share this ms in @ecol-evol.bsky.social looking at ringed seal populations using aerial surveys conducted from low-Arctic Hudson Bay (59N) to the Last Ice Area in the high-Arctic Lincoln Sea (83N)

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Figure from the paper. Caption text for the figure reads: Fig. 6. Estimated entanglement risk reduction (±SE) of the annual closure scenarios (2018–2021) among months (May– August) and among the annual detections of North Atlantic right whales (2018–2021). ANOVA indicated a significant effect among whale detections, closure protocols and months (F27,1920 = 13.69, p < 0.001). Post hoc differences (Student-Newman- Keuls test) within each month of the annual detections are indicated by different letters above each bar. Average annual monthly risk reduction (percent) is indicated below each ba

New paper on #rightwhale conversation by Cole & Brillant

www.int-res.com/articles/esr...
"...annual entanglement risk to right whales from the GSL snow crab fishery is estimated to have been reduced by approximately 62 ± 3% (mean ± SE) relative to pre-closure"
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Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...

How migrating marine megafauna tracks with conservation | Science very proud to be a core @MegaMove_Org author of this very important paper lead by @AnaMMSequeira - we need a dynamic approach to marine conservation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Don't want to add to the controversy 😜...but there are some jurisdictions where indigenous prefer using term killer whale so it can be important to consider the jurisdiction when one is considering what to call them

It would be cool to get a list of all the plants they have on sale at Lowe’s/Home Depot & make a @montereybayaquarium.org seafood-watch-style “best choice/good alternative/avoid” list for creating native gardens. Would need one for each region of course

Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.

Was at the Saint John show on Saturday and it was truly special to watch legends @posplugwon.bsky.social and @talibkweli.bsky.social perform their classics like Stakes Is High and Get By together. Thank you for coming to Canada and the Maritimes!

Instagram post from the Polar Geospatial Center about how they have to shut down. The photos at the top are black and white, organized in a grid, with Instagram post below.

This one hurts. I wouldn’t have a PhD, or have had some of the best experiences in my life, or made some of my best friends #WithoutNSF & without the PGC. I was employee #1 of an organization that grew into an indispensable part of Polar Programs. And it’s being dismantled for literally no reason
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From @uswhalesorg.bsky.social : Endangered Species Act protects species AND their habitat from harm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are proposing to remove habitat from this definition. The impacts will be devastating…

Secrets of the Penguins poster with one adult emperor penguin next to two fluffy gray chicks

Secrets of the Penguins is out today! Go watch on NatGeo TV and tomorrow on Disney+ and Hulu.

I can tell you for sure, the first episode is adorable, you will love it.
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New harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) features **1720** new awards with significantly increased values compared to historic Tri-Agency awards. 🇨🇦 🧪 #PhDsky #academicSky #NSERC #CIHR #SSHRC

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Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC:

"What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?"

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LAST DAY TO SIGN! Science is under attack, and the impact goes beyond U.S. borders. Senator Stanley Kutcher is calling on Canadians to take a stand.

Sign the #StandUpForScience letter now: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Science must be protected, funded, and free from political interference.

So sad to see this. I've enjoyed Zach's Arctic climate change and sea ice graphics since I started my MSc back in 2018. In a sea of bad news that starts to feel normal, this is one of those things that hits very close to home.

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Fisheries and Oceans Canada just released Canada’s Oceans Now: Arctic Ecosystems ❄️ a plain language summary on the state of the Arctic marine ecosystem, translated in 4 languages and with beautiful infographics. Based on the technical report published last year. www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/publi...

Hiphop is beautiful and ugly, good and bad, positive and negative all at once. It is as dynamic as its creators are. Great art disrupts and makes you uncomfortable. Great art is conscious. In spite of the NFL representing a lot about what's wrong with America, Kendrick put that stage to great use.

About our agency NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...

“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.”

Is equivalent to asking

“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”

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