Steller sea lion research front and centre at the Vancouver Aquarium
The Aquarium’s new Steller Bay highlights research done by IOF’s Marine Mammal Research Unit’s Drs. Andrew Trites and David Rosen.
Measuring body fat in Steller sea lions and other pinnipeds
Dr. David Rosen, Research Associate with the Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries recently received a New Technology research grant from the North Pacific Board for $US60,000 to test a new portable device to measure body fat in Steller sea lions and other pinnipeds. Body fat is a […]
It’s a drag wearing a tag
What impacts do tracking tags have on the behaviour and swimming costs of marine mammals? Electronic devices affixed to individual animals are invaluable tools for researchers studying the lives of wild marine mammals. These data logging “tags” can record the animal’s behaviour, physiology, and physical and auditory environment — data that would be unobtainable by […]
David Rosen and Andrew Trites go to Ottawa
They addressed Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending captivity of whales and dolphins), in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Open Water Research Station contributes a decade of discoveries
This year marks the ten-year anniversary of the MMRU Open Water Research Station, a floating laboratory at the centre of a ground-breaking scientific collaboration that has significantly advanced understanding of how nutritionally stressed Steller sea lions forage in the wild.