Fisheries and Oceans Canada is improving Canada’s ability to address incidents, such as whales that have been hit by vessels, entangled in fishing gear, or stranded.
Under the first phase of the Oceans Protection Plan, existing marine mammal response organizations were provided with new equipment and training to boost their capacity to respond to marine mammal incidents.
Through the next phase of the Oceans Protection Plan, marine mammal response organizations will be equipped and trained to fill in geographical gaps and to ensure quicker response.