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December 31, 2023
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2023

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise | Annual Reports | Risk Assessment Program


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September 30, 2023
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report July-September 2023

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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June 30, 2023
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report April-June 2023

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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March 31, 2023
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report January-March 2023

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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January 1, 2023
Pathway Workshop#1 - Cabling and Platform Development for High-Flow Marine Sites

Tags: Monitoring | Pathway | Research & Studies | Subsea Cables


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December 30, 2022
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2022

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise | Annual Reports | Risk Assessment Program


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October 12, 2022
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report July-September 2022

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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August 9, 2022
Echofilter: A Deep Learning Segmention Model Improves the Automation, Standardization, and Timeliness for Post-Processing Echosounder Data in Tidal Energy Streams

Tags: Fish | Research & Studies | Monitoring


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July 26, 2022
Modeling the Probability of Overlap Between Marine Fish Distributions and Marine Renewable Energy Infrastructure Using Acoustic Telemetry Data

Tags: Risk Assessment Program | Research & Studies | Industry | Monitoring | Fish


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July 5, 2022
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report April-June 2022

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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June 13, 2022
Imaging Sonar Data Automation Feasibility Study-Final Report

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring


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April 5, 2022
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report January-March 2022

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Lobster | Marine Noise | Seabirds


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March 31, 2022
The Ups and Downs of Using Active Acoustic Technologies to Study Fish at Tidal Energy Sites

Tags: Fish | Monitoring | Research & Studies


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March 1, 2022
Marine Renewable Energy: An Introduction to Environmental Effects

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Marine Noise


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December 31, 2021
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2021

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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October 3, 2021
Seasonal occurrence of waterbirds in Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2010 to 2012

Tags: Seabirds | Research & Studies | Monitoring


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September 30, 2021
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report July-September 2021

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Lobster | Seabirds


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June 30, 2021
Real-Time Detection of Marine Mammals in High Flow Environments

Tags: Research & Studies | Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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June 30, 2021
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report April - June 2021

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster


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May 28, 2021
Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine

Tags: Marine Mammals | Research & Studies | Monitoring | International


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March 31, 2021
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report January - March 2021

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster


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March 26, 2021
ADAAM: Acoustic Doppler Aquatic Animal Monitoring for Application to Marine Life Movement in High-Energy Tidal Channels

Tags: Monitoring | Research & Studies | Fish | Marine Mammals


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December 31, 2020
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2020

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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November 2, 2020
How Does Sound Travel in High-Energy Environments? Effectiveness of Acoustic Monitoring Systems and Turbine Audibility Assessment

Tags: Marine Noise | Monitoring | Monitoring Reports | Grand Passage


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October 1, 2020
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report July - September 2020

Tags: Monitoring | Monitoring Reports | Fish | Seabirds | Marine Mammals | Lobster


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August 6, 2020
FORCE Marine Mammal EEMP – Year 4 Interim Report

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring | Marine Noise


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July 1, 2020
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report April - June 2020

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Lobster | Seabed, Sediment & Benthic | Monitoring | Marine Mammals | Fish | Seabirds | Marine Noise


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March 31, 2020
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report: January - March 2020

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Marine Mammals | Fish | Marine Noise | Monitoring | Seabirds | Lobster


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March 4, 2020
Testing of 360-Degree Imaging Technologies for Improved Animal Detection Around Tidal Energy Installations

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Grand Passage


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Scientific Echosounder Review for In-Stream Tidal Turbines - Report

Tags: Pathway | Research & Studies | Fish | Monitoring


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January 1, 2020
Pathway Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Cable & Platform Development / Sensor Integration - Participation in the Pathway Program through Development of the Platform and Cabling Solution

Tags: Monitoring | Research & Studies | Pathway


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January 1, 2020
Pathway Phase 2 - Data Automation - Passive Acoustic Monitoring Devices - Improved Analysis of Harbour Porpoise Sounds - Report

Tags: Pathway | Monitoring | Research & Studies | Marine Mammals


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 2 - Data Automation: Echosounders - Automated analytical tools (that generate estimates of fish frequency, abundance, and distribution)

Tags: Monitoring | Research & Studies | Pathway | Fish


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Workshop#3 - Passive acoustic monitoring in high flow environment

Tags: Pathway | Research & Studies | Monitoring | Marine Mammals | Marine Noise


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 2 -Data Automation - Echosounders - Automated post-processing, using machine learning algorithms

Tags: Pathway | Research & Studies | Monitoring


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Field Assessment of Multi-beam Sonar Performance in Bottom Mount Deployments

Tags: Pathway | Monitoring | Research & Studies


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Passive acoustic monitoring in tidal channels and high flow environments - Report

Tags: Monitoring | Pathway | Marine Mammals | Research & Studies


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Study 2 – Relative Performance of Surface-Deployed and Bottom-Mounted Echosounders in a Tidal Channel

Tags: Pathway | Research & Studies | Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Field Assessment of Multi-beam Sonar Performance in Surface Mount Deployments

Tags: Pathway | Monitoring | Research & Studies


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Study 1: Relative Performance of Surface vs. Bottom - Mounted Hydrophones in a Tidal Channel

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring | Research & Studies | Pathway


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Passive acoustic monitoring in tidal channels and high flow environments - Presentation

Tags: Pathway | Marine Mammals | Research & Studies | Monitoring


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Imaging sonar review for marine mammal and fish monitoring around tidal turbines - Report

Tags: Monitoring | Research & Studies | Pathway


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Imaging sonar review for marine mammal and fish monitoring around tidal turbines - Presentation

Tags: Monitoring | Research & Studies | Pathway


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 1 - Scientific Echosounder Review for In-Stream Tidal Turbines - Presentation

Tags: Fish | Monitoring | Pathway | Research & Studies


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January 1, 2020
Pathway - Phase 3 - Tech Validation - Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device - Data Analysis Component of Comparative Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Technology Assessment

Tags: Pathway | Monitoring | Research & Studies | Marine Mammals


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January 1, 2020
Pathway Workshop#2 - Data Automation & Data Management Options

Tags: Pathway | Monitoring | Research & Studies


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December 31, 2019
Quantifying Fish-Turbine Interactions Using VEMCO's New High Residency Acoustic Electronic Tagging Technology

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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December 31, 2019
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2019

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Marine Mammals | Fish | Monitoring | Seabirds | Lobster | Marine Noise


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December 31, 2019
Integrating Hydroacoustic Approaches to Predict Fish Interactions with In-stream Tidal Turbines

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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November 15, 2019
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Quarterly Report: July - September 2019

Tags: Monitoring Reports | Monitoring | Marine Mammals | Fish | Lobster | Seabirds | Marine Noise


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November 13, 2019
Remote Acoustic Measurements-Final Report

Tags: Monitoring | Resource & Site Characterization | Grand Passage


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June 30, 2019
STREEM: Sensor Testing Research for Environmental Effects Monitoring

Tags: Research & Studies | Grand Passage | Monitoring


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June 25, 2019
ISEM: Integrated Active and Passive Acoustic System for Environmental Monitoring of Fish and Marine Mammals in Tidal Energy Sites

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish | Marine Mammals


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April 30, 2019
Application of Drifters with Suspended Hydrophone Arrays to Assess Harbour Porpoise Use of the Water Column and Spatial Overlap with MRE Devices in the Minas Passage

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Marine Mammals


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April 5, 2019
Quantifying Demographics and Monitoring Movement of American Lobster in the Minas Passage and Basin

Tags: Lobster | Monitoring | Research & Studies


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March 29, 2019
2019 Cape Sharp Tidal Venture Monitoring Program Update

Tags: Monitoring


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March 11, 2019
Passive Acoustic Monitoring in association with Tidal Energy Turbines in the Minas Passage: Workshop Report

Tags: Marine Mammals | Marine Noise | Monitoring


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December 31, 2018
2018 Cape Sharp Tidal Venture Monitoring Program Update

Tags: Monitoring


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December 28, 2018
Echolocating Marine Mammal EEMP 2nd Year Monitoring Report

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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September 28, 2018
Using radar data to evaluate seabird abundance and habitat use at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy site near Parrsboro, NS

Tags: Seabirds | Monitoring


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July 31, 2018
Marine Seabirds Monitoring Program: Tidal Energy Demonstration Site – Minas Passage, Year 2, 2017 – 2018 

Tags: Seabirds | Monitoring


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May 31, 2018
Real-Time Targeted Imaging of Turbine-Marine Life Interactions

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring


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April 23, 2018
Finite Element Analysis to Assess Fish Mortality from Interaction with Tidal Turbine Blades

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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March 1, 2018
Nova Scotia Environment and Fisheries and Oceans Review of FORCE EEMP, 2018

Tags: Monitoring


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February 28, 2018
Use of Bottom-Mounted Hydroacoustic Sonar to Assess Fish Presence and Vertical Distribution at the FORCE In-Stream Tidal Turbine Test Site in Minas Passage

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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December 29, 2017
Lobster Catchability Study

Tags: Lobster | Monitoring


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December 1, 2017
Marine Fish Monitoring at FORCE: Report on processing and analysis of surveys from May, July and August 2017

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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October 16, 2017
Marine Fish Monitoring at the Tidal Energy Demonstration Site - Minas Passage

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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July 30, 2017
Marine Seabirds Monitoring, Tidal Energy Demonstrations Site - Minas Passage, 2016-2017

Tags: Seabirds | Monitoring


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May 12, 2017
Tidal Turbine Marine Life Interaction Study: Fish

Tags: Research & Studies | Fish | Monitoring


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May 2, 2017
Marine Mammal Environmental Effects Monitoring Program – 1st Year (2017) Monitoring Report

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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September 30, 2016
Use of Fish Tracking Data to Model Striped Bass Turbine Encounter Probability in Minas Passage

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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July 6, 2016
Atlantic Sturgeon Spatial and Temporal Distribution in Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada, a Region of Future Tidal Energy Extraction

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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June 20, 2016
Nova Scotia Environment Recommendation Letter

Tags: Monitoring


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June 14, 2016
DFO Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Recommendations, 2016

Tags: Monitoring


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April 4, 2016
DFO Review of FORCE Environmental Effects Monitoring Program, 2016

Tags: Monitoring


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April 1, 2016
2016 State of the Science Report - Annex IV

Tags: Monitoring


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March 30, 2016
Environmental Effects Monitoring Programs, FORCE, 2016

Tags: Monitoring


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March 11, 2016
EMAC Recommendations Regarding the FORCE Environmental Effects Monitoring Program for 2016 and Beyond

Tags: Monitoring


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June 30, 2015
Consultant's Report - Proposed Environmental Effects Monitoring Programs 2015-2020 | SLR Consulting

Tags: Monitoring


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March 30, 2015
Assessing Marine Mammal Presence In and Near the FORCE Crown Lease Area During Winter and Early Spring

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Marine Mammals


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January 23, 2015
Seasonal Erodibility of Sediment in the Upper Bay of Fundy

Tags: Seabed, Sediment & Benthic | Monitoring


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January 6, 2015
Observations of Marine Mammals in the Petit Passage and Grand Passage, NS and Adjacent Waters in the Eastern Bay of Fundy to Assess Species Composition, Distribution, Number and Seasonality

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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December 30, 2014
Investigation of the Vertical Distribution, Movement and Abundance of Fish in the Vicinity of Proposed Tidal Power Energy Conversion Devices

Tags: Research & Studies | Fish | Monitoring


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January 1, 2014
Acoustic Tracking of Fish Movements in the Minas Passage and FORCE Demonstration Area: Pre-Turbine Baseline Studies (2011-2013)

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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August 2, 2013
Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetacean Activity Patterns and Movements Pre- and Post-deployment of TISEC devices in Minas Passage

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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July 31, 2013
Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetacean Activity Patterns and Movements in Minas Passage: Pre-Turbine Baseline Conditions

Tags: Marine Mammals | Monitoring


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January 31, 2013
2012 Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveys, Tidal Energy Demonstration Site, Minas Passage

Tags: Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Monitoring


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August 3, 2012
Acoustic Monitoring in the Bay of Fundy

Tags: Fish | Lobster | Marine Mammals | Marine Noise | Monitoring


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August 1, 2012
FORCE Response to DFO Review of EEMP, 2012

Tags: Monitoring


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June 30, 2012
DFO Review of FORCE Environmental Effects Monitoring Program, 2012

Tags: Monitoring


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June 29, 2012
Assessment of Potential Ecosystem Effects from Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) Associated with Subsea Power Cables and TISEC Devices in Minas Channel

Tags: Subsea Cables | Marine Mammals | Fish | Lobster | Monitoring


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February 10, 2012
3-D Acoustic Tracking of Fish, Sediment-Laden Ice and Large Woody Debris in the Minas Passage of the Bay of Fundy

Tags: Research & Studies | Monitoring | Fish


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January 31, 2012
2011 Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveys, Tidal Energy Demonstration Site, Minas Passage

Tags: Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Monitoring


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December 31, 2011
Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Project Environmental Impact Predictions, 2011

Tags: Monitoring


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June 30, 2011
Fish Surveys in the Minas Channel - Final Report on 2010 Surveys

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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May 30, 2011
Literature Review - Occurrence and Migration of Fishes in Minas Passage and their Potential for Tidal Turbine Interaction

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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March 17, 2011
Environmental Monitoring of Seabed Sediment Stability, Transport and Benthic Habitat at the Reference Site and the Vicinity of the NSPI TISEC Location in the Minas Passage

Tags: Seabed, Sediment & Benthic | Monitoring


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February 28, 2011
Acoustic Tracking of Fish in the Minas Passage and at the NSPI (OpenHydro) turbine site

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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February 28, 2011
Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Project Lobster Monitoring Summary

Tags: Lobster | Monitoring


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July 31, 2010
Results of a Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of Using a Drifted Gill Net to Survey Fish Species Present in the Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy

Tags: Fish | Monitoring


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March 10, 2010
Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveys, 2009

Tags: Marine Mammals | Seabirds | Monitoring


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March 8, 2010
Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Project Lobster Catch Monitoring, 2009 Survey Results

Tags: Lobster | Monitoring


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December 18, 2009
Terrestrial Bird Survey, Minas Passage Tidal Demonstration Site — Shore Facilities and Cable Landfall

Tags: Seabirds | Monitoring


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