6 May 2019 I first met DL1688 in 2000. She was already white. We cannot determine her exact age. Beluga whales change color from gray to white between the ages of 12 and…Bleuoutremer adopted DL1688 and named her Bleuoutremer.
10 August 2018 On Wednesday, August 8, the Bleuvet team was on the water searching for a herd of belugas to carry out its photogrammetry program. This program, as seen in these field…
25 May 2023 Tuesday, May 23, 2023. For amateur cetologist René Roy, this is his second time on the water this season. During an 80 nautical mile trek between Matane, Pointe-des-Monts and Franquelin,…
19 May 2022 Small white backs speckled the St. Lawrence with their presence this week. Thursday, May 12, at the ferry terminal in Rivière-du-Loup, a local resident was excited to see a group…
9 November 2021 By Laura Zeppetelli This fall, I had the opportunity to leave my office in downtown Montréal to board the Bleuvet with the Group for Research and Education (GREMM). These five…
27 May 2021 From June 1 to 8, 2021, the first Quebec edition of Ocean Week will take place. Orchestrated by the environmental conservation organization Organisation bleue, the program offers several educational conferences…
3 December 2020 Because they live in water and must constantly dive to forage or to move, cetaceans have developed a great number of physiological adaptations to their marine environment. For example, to…
9 July 2020 This year, GREMM’s (Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals) season of field research kicked off on June 15. On board the Bleuvet, the organization’s main research vessel, the…
24 October 2019 October 9: an Indian summer day, a calm St. Lawrence, spectacular fall foliage… the BpJAM sets sail for one of its last outings of the year. It’s a thrill to get…
24 October 2019 By Valerie Jolicoeur, master student at UQAM This fall, I embarked on a major Master’s project that focuses on the health of our iconic St. Lawrence belugas. Although the river…
