Novel marine monitoring network could help improve environmental protections, shipping regulations in the Lower St. Lawrence

kay.pettigrew@mcgill.ca — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:01:37 +0000

A single monitoring network developed by 91��, Natural Resources Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water behaviour, human activity and whales, providing a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in, under, and at far distances from the water.

The researchers’ experimental network, installed in the Lower St. Lawrence, detected twice as many earthquakes as the National Earthquake Monitoring System, while also capturing whale calls, ship noise, tidal activity and mining blasts.