https://www.swag-project.org/blog daily 0.75 2024-04-15 https://www.swag-project.org/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-high-tech-hydrophones-tracking-whales-in-gitgaat-territory monthly 0.5 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/5f0b7e76-a147-48c9-b7cc-a399c36ae07d/SWAG-HydrophoneMap.jpg News - Artificial intelligence and high-tech hydrophones: tracking whales in Gitga’at territory https://www.swag-project.org/blog/high-tech-hub-with-a-view-swags-fin-island-research-centre monthly 0.5 2022-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/a3db23fc-f91b-4efb-86c6-1a02bc0787fe/IMG_8464.JPG News - High-tech hub with a view: SWAG’s Fin Island Research Centre - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/c3ca1769-45a2-4196-a3e6-c0f474548393/FinIslandLab_IMG_8572.JPG News - High-tech hub with a view: SWAG’s Fin Island Research Centre - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1584728148812-2LSPHYFW6A1EHC5LZKTY/JDP_3934.jpg News - High-tech hub with a view: SWAG’s Fin Island Research Centre - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/21cec2ee-738a-40f7-8813-d0570115baf3/IMG_7230.JPG News - High-tech hub with a view: SWAG’s Fin Island Research Centre - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.swag-project.org/blog/giant-fin-whales-return-to-bc-rainforest-fjord-theres-just-one-problem monthly 0.5 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/3c49a793-c620-44fa-99d5-68d4befaf4b4/eadin-omahony-2019_jpeg-1499x1000.jpg News - Giant Fin Whales Return to B.C. 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Rainforest Fjord — There’s Just One Problem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.swag-project.org/blog/wake-up-call-the-return-of-vessel-traffic-following-a-global-pandemic monthly 0.5 2024-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/083b93d8-e7e9-4419-b41b-ab45b77ff479/IMG_1475.jpg News - Wake Up Call: The Return of Vessel Traffic Following a Global Pandemic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/d4c23de7-2cba-4886-a561-795ef107db64/IMG_1396.jpg News - Wake Up Call: The Return of Vessel Traffic Following a Global Pandemic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.swag-project.org/home daily 1.0 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/0f050a25-2bf6-4507-bed9-b92a13d8149e/unsplash-image-983kNF8aZEc.jpg Home Ships, Whales & Acoustics in Gitga’at Territory (SWAG) initiative is a collaboration between the Gitga’at First Nation, BC Whales (North Coast Cetacean Society) and WWF-Canada to develop real time tracking tools for whales and ships, and collaboratively develop mitigation measures to reduce the impact of commercial shipping on four populations of at-risk whales in one of Canada’s most important whale areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1648093425449-FEEYLX3LG1L135B8OA43/unsplash-image-ZC2PWF4jTHc.jpg Home The lands and waters of the Gitga'at Nation are important to both people and wildlife including at-risk fin whales, orcas and humpbacks. Shipping traffic here is set to increase seven-fold by 2025. Can these whales sustain this increase of disturbance in their habitat? https://www.swag-project.org/contact daily 0.75 2023-05-30 https://www.swag-project.org/project daily 0.75 2020-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1585445699050-HN1FTVT3B5QF6AXT6QH2/JDP_HumpbackFeeding.jpg Project Humpback Whales bubblenet feeding in northern Squally Channel, BC. (photo: Jenn Dickie) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1585424131979-RSWYHKNMH4GFK91MHHVZ/SWAGmap.png Project Northern Squally Channel, British Columbia https://www.swag-project.org/aboutus daily 0.75 2022-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/a3db23fc-f91b-4efb-86c6-1a02bc0787fe/IMG_8464.JPG About Us Ships Whales & Acoustics in Gitga’at Territory (SWAG) is an initiative of the Gitga’at Nation, North Coast Cetacean Society (BC Whales) and WWF-Canada. The SWAG initiative was conceptualized by these partners as a response to increasing levels of vessel traffic in Gitga’at Territory. The initiative was formalized in 2017 and is an ongoing effort. SWAG is undertaking work that is contributing to reducing the risk of acoustic disturbance and ship strikes to whales in Gitga’at Territory and building local and Gitga’at capacity to monitor whales and vessels and support decision making related to managing the impacts of shipping in Gitga’at Territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/2f81f48a-16d6-4647-b646-9e5a8d23fbae/janiewray.jpg About Us - Janie Wray SWAG co-lead (NCCS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/e2b1508c-6859-411d-9ace-beba5aaac163/JeffBosma.jpg About Us - Jeff Bosma Electrical Engineering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/44db41d4-f942-4d47-aefc-ce5dc64c5fb4/ericK.jpg About Us - Dr. Eric Keen Visuals & Risk Assessment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/7cd524d5-cc10-4f75-bfa0-ef9910e3d12e/GraceBaer.jpg About Us - Grace Baer Fin Island Research Station Ops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/367449dc-8642-4d8d-803f-7de2e788d2c4/NicoleR.jpg About Us - Nicole Robinson Community Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/457832d2-7d50-48f5-b906-74663fbf0c1d/swag4.jpg About Us - Joel Mellish Electrical Technician https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/9eb02e25-b196-4700-af04-ae2b2b5844b2/TomD.jpg About Us - Tom Dakin Engineering & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/aa96362c-3df8-421a-aea0-77062c5b2b50/Chrisicard.png About Us - Chris Picard SWAG Co-Lead (Gitga'at) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/5e501461-2a9c-40fb-b64a-a55be01a6dbf/HusseinAlidina.jpg About Us - Hussein Alidina SWAG co-lead (WWF-Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/5b3fd699-0817-4dbd-ad6c-da7141236b21/ben_swag_profile.jpg About Us - Dr. Ben Hendricks Acoustic Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/a121b05d-05c6-4cb3-ae3e-af2556a5ee4c/ChenoahShine.jpg About Us - Chenoah Shine Graduate Student, Whale Surveys https://www.swag-project.org/publications daily 0.75 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1648091392053-DCLMONB2L1AV1GO4SDMO/unsplash-image-983kNF8aZEc.jpg Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/4cac4a02-977a-4355-ab0a-ab305c3b11e4/unsplash-image-sHGMUBA88Mc.jpg Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.swag-project.org/context daily 0.75 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e73db645f33434eb7d30d7e/1618881165539-PWMPFA4GPRVA39N6IKJO/screencapture-swag-project-org-project-2021-03-11-16_31_26.jpg Context - Managing a future with more marine traffic Currently, fewer than 50 large ships travel through the Squally Channel and Lewis Passage each year. When the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Kitimat starts operating in 2024, that number will grow to 350 a year. As those operations scale up and new ones are added, the volume of ships could reach over 750 a year. More marine traffic poses two serious risks to whales: ship strikes and noise. Ship strikes can seriously injure or kill a whale. Meanwhile, many species of whales depend on quiet oceans to hunt and communicate with each other. Noise from ship propellors and machinery can compromise these abilities and put significant stress on whales. 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