Cetacean use of shallow lobster fishing areas in southern Gaspé (2019–2024): relevance for North Atlantic right whale ( <i>Eubalaena glacialis</i> , Müller, 1776) protection measures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Abstract
The North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis, Müller, 1776) is a critically endangered species threatened by vessel strikes and gear entanglement, like other large whales. In southern Gaspé Peninsula, lobster fishers face the challenge of balancing their fishing activities with protection measures for right whales as implemented by DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). To gather data on cetacean presence and distribution, including the North Atlantic right whale, the Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels du sud de la Gaspésie launched a cetacean inventory program. Surveys were conducted annually (2019–2024) along the southern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula in lobster fishing areas ranging from 0 to 37 m in depth. A total of 541 cetacean sightings were recorded between 2019 and 2024, with behavioral data collected by experienced marine mammal observers. The study revealed the presence of four species of piscivorous cetaceans: minke whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Lacepede, 1804), harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena, Linnaeus, 1758), humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae, Borowski, 1781), and fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus, Linnaeus, 1758). Spatial and temporal variations in the areas use appear associated with food resource availability. No North Atlantic right whales were sighted in this lobster fishing areas. This study highlights the potential of fisher-led initiatives to support scientific research.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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