Better understanding cetaceans to better protect them is the goal of many researchers working on these giants of the seas. However, some methods such as biopsies or tagging are intrusive and can disturb the individuals under study. Disturbing whales to better understand them, in order to subsequently disturb them less: how do we reconcile this paradox?<\/p>\n
GREMM\u2019s scientific director Robert Michaud explains: \u201cThe acceptability of a given study is notably based on our ability to answer the following question: Are the positive effects of this research on the target species significant compared to the disturbance caused by its protocol? This issue is also submitted to animal protection and ethics committees, Parks Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which issue scientific research permits.<\/p>\n
The process can be complex, as one must evaluate numerous variables for which it is not always easy to identify a weighting method. For example, to what degree is the transient pain sustained by the individual more important than noise-related disturbance to its species? Questions become all the more complex when it comes to studying an endangered population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Better understanding cetaceans to better protect them is the goal of many researchers working on these giants of the seas. However, some methods such as biopsies or tagging are intrusive and can disturb the individuals under study. Disturbing whales to better understand them, in order to subsequently disturb them less: how do we reconcile this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[411],"class_list":["post-43994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-belugas-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n