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Satellite Teams: Strengthening QMMERN’s Response Capacity across Quebec’s Vast Territory

28 March 2024 With fewer phone calls coming into Marine Mammal Emergencies (UMM) in winter than during the high season, it’s the perfect time for training! Last January, UMM technician Méduline Chailloux left…

Satellite Tagging: One More Step Toward Helping Entangled Cetaceans in Quebec

15 June 2023 On May 23 and 24, several members of the team from the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) and Parks Canada (Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park) received training on satellite…

Avian Flu: First Documented Case in Cetaceans in Quebec

30 November 2022 Last September, the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network received a report of an Atlantic white-sided dolphin carcass near Rimouski. A necropsy performed on the carcass at Université de Montréal’s…

A Day in the Field with the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network

21 July 2022 On the evening of June 20, 2022, the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) gets wind that a harbour porpoise carcass has been found stranded near Godbout. Being still…

GNL Québec’s Énergie Saguenay Project Rejected on Climate Grounds

22 July 2021 On July 21, Environment Minister Benoit Charette announced that his government was rejecting GNL Québec's Énergie Saguenay project, a highly anticipated decision by numerous groups and citizens. Indeed, the environmental…

Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network Sets Up Mobile Team

11 August 2020 In order to be able to respond more quickly and efficiently to emergencies involving marine mammals along the shores of the St. Lawrence, the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network…

Various Cases Keeping Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network Busy

12 June 2020 Although all the projectors have been on the stray humpback whale between Québec City and Montréal, this individual is not the only one to have occupied the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency…

GNL Québec Promises Fund to Curb Underwater Noise Pollution

13 February 2020 In a press release, GNL Québec has undertaken to set up a $5M fund to support projects reducing the underwater noise footprint of ships plying the Saguenay. The fund would…

A busy season for 1-877-7BALEINE, and it’s not over yet!

21 November 2019 The summer 2019 season has drawn to a close. It’s time for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN) to look back on the past season while at the…

Tiny Calf Will Become Giant

25 July 2019 Calves spend their time learning to swim, hunt and move with agility by imitating their mother and other adults. Within a few weeks, many calves of the various species present…