Partnering up with FishBase, University of Victoria, University of Florida, University of Sao Paulo, and many other researchers, we are happy to announce the launch of the FishSounds project. The FishSounds website shares information on the vocal behaviour of soniferous fishes including acoustic recordings of these fishes. To explore deeper, Read more…
Author: Amalis Riera – Acoustic Data Analyst On Monday August 9, 2021, MERIDIAN team member Amalis Riera was invited to participate in Indigenous land-based learning and community engagement on the Tl’ches Islands as part of the Living Lab Project. Tl’ches (Lekwungen name), also known as Chatham and Discovery Islands, are Read more…
We are thrilled to announce that MERIDIAN researchers Bruno Padovese, Fabio Frazao and Sadman Sakib will be presenting at the Advances in Marine Data Science session organised by SFU’s Big Data Hub on August 24th from 1PM – 6PM ADT. This session is aimed at emphasising the use of data Read more…
As demand for resources continues to grow, nations turn their attention to the ocean, not least Canada with its world’s longest coastline. Along with the changing climate, the increased human presence impacts the marine ecosystems, especially in the Arctic. Therefore, to ensure sustainable use of marine resources, we must keep Read more…
MarNoise is a Python package for calculating underwater acoustic standards from ISO 18405 in an open and reliable way. An initial release will be available by October 2021.
On behalf of the MERIDIAN, Dr. Oliver Kirsebom was honoured with an invite to the upcoming CAN BON workshop, which is being organised by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Parks Canada (PC), and the Canadian Space Read more…
On a field trip to Gaspé peninsula, MERIDIAN Co-PI Yvan Simard, came across a vessel with the inscription ‘MERIDIAN 66’ on its stern, see photo below. Thus, at long last, we have discovered the origin of our project’s name 🙂
As demand for resources continues to grow, nations turn their attention to the oceans, not least Canada with its world’s longest coastline. Along with the changing climate, the increased human presence impacts the marine ecosystems, especially in the Arctic. Therefore, to ensure sustainable use of marine resources, we must keep Read more…
On April 6th, MERIDIAN hosted a 2-hour webinar entitled “Deep Dive into the Artificial Intelligence efforts at DFO”. In case you missed it, you can view a video recording of the entire event on our YouTube channel, or browse the presentation slides in our Presentation Archive. Enjoy!
Research Lifecycle Graphic, UC Santa Cruz Library, https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/datamanagement After years of anticipation and consultations, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) have released their joint research data management (RDM) Read more…
