LNG Canada has committed $750,000 over three years to support the expansion of Ocean Wise’s North Coast killer whale and humpback whale conservation research programs and to deliver ocean literacy programs to Kitimat and Terrace-area schools. Program highlights include surveys of the relative abundance and distribution of cetacean species in the Chatham Sound region; drone-based aerial photography; a real-time alert system to inform commercial mariners aboard large vessels of nearby whales to enable them to take action to reduce the risk of collision or disturbance; promotion of the BC Cetacean Sightings Network and the Whale Report App; and work with local educators, Indigenous leaders, school boards, researchers and community leaders on ocean literacy programs specific to students in the Kitimat and Terrace regions.