{"id":56515,"date":"2021-12-13T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/une-saison-2021-qui-souleve-des-questions\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:12:05","slug":"2021-season-raises-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/2021-season-raises-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Season Raises Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ren\u00e9 Roy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For several years now, I\u2019ve been plying the waters of the St. Lawrence in order to observe marine mammals. As a collaborator with the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS), I submit my observations \u2013 especially any sightings of large rorquals \u2013 to scientists, thereby adding to their photo-identification and behavioural data. I\u2019m not a scientist myself, so my thoughts and comments are mainly based on my field observations. Complementing this acquisition of marine science knowledge are reading and discussions with scientists and other collaborators in this discipline. Based on this experience, I can conclude that this year\u2019s season was special for large rorquals. What follows is a summary of my observations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ren\u00e9 Roy For several years now, I\u2019ve been plying the waters of the St. Lawrence in order to observe marine mammals. As a collaborator with the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS), I submit my observations \u2013 especially any sightings of large rorquals \u2013 to scientists, thereby adding to their photo-identification and behavioural data. 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