The Canadian government has announced more than $12 million in new funding for research aimed at protecting B.C.’s endangered southern resident killer whales.
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc was in Vancouver Thursday to unveil the cash infusion, which includes $9.1 million for developing and testing technology to better detect the orcas and prevent collisions with vessels.
Another $3.1 million will go toward research on how the whales react to underwater noise, and how they’re affected by the decreasing availability of their
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