By Marissa Lentz-McGrath Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 06/08/2024 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) aerial survey soars to estimate the beluga whale population in James Bay and eastern Hudson Bay. The entire James Bay area was surveyed from July 18 to 26. Eastern Hudson Bay is now being surveyed until Sept. 15. Mushkegowuk Council plans to use the survey results to create a marine conservation area in western James Bay. “It’s the ministerial responsibility of DFO to assess the stocks of the different marine mammal and fish populations across Canada,” said Caroline Sauvé, a biologist with DFO. “This is the ninth survey covering the same area using the same protocol since 1985, and what we’re trying to do is get some comparable data as time goes to build up a time…
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