This webinar series investigates different ways technology is being applied to understand the marine environment, with a particular focus on the activity and impacts of vessels that are not using Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders. As a result of this knowledge sharing, community of practice members can apply this range of technologies in new ways to address information needs for a safer marine environment.
About the presenters:
Kil Hltaanuwaay Tayler Brown, Marine Spatial Planner, Marine Planning Program, Council of the Haida Nation
Kil Hltaanuwaay Tayler Brown is of Haida, Musqueam, Scottish and English ancestry and is part of the K̲ay’aahl ‘Laanas / Ts’aahl Eagle clan of the Haida Nation. Tayler lives in Hlɢ̲aagilda Skidegate on Haida Gwaii and works as a Marine Spatial Planner for the Council of the Haida Nation. As part of the Haida Nation’s marine planning efforts, Tayler has focused on supporting a variety of projects, including the monitoring of large and small vessel traffic within Haida Territories as part of various marine plans, including the Sɢ̲áan K̲inghlas – Bowie Seamount MPA Management Plan. Recently, she has supported the development of the Northern Shelf Bioregion MPA Network – Network Action Plan and the current site assessment processes for multiple planned marine protected areas within the Haida Gwaii sub-region. In community, Tayler currently sits on the Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum Board and Haida Repatriation Committee.
Yury Bychkov, Software Developer/Computational Bioanalyst, LGL Ltd.
Yury Bychkov joined LGL in 2005 as Software Developer and Computational Bioanalyst. He brings with him a combination of software and data engineering skills as well as expertise in data science. During his work at LGL, Yury has provided analytical and statistical support for multiple LGL projects. His notable software development projects include a multiplatform mobile data collection framework with cloud-based storage backend, Android-based catch monitoring software, web-accessible tools for the analysis of the multi-year Total Gas Pressure monitoring data and assessing risk of offshore oil and gas activity sound exposure to marine mammals, and a web application that LGL uses internally to manage project and safety data. Yury has also designed and implemented a number of database systems on a variety of platforms, including a large-scale data repository (4 separate program components with multiple survey platforms per component) for the Western North Pacific (Korean) Gray Whale project data; a hybrid photo/data database for the Photo Identification data; a database system for storage and analysis of the multi-year oil sands data.
Kelly Larkin, Enhanced Marine Situational Awareness (EMSA) Program Manager, Transport Canada
Kelly’s career of senior leadership appointments includes public and private sectors, and responsibility for complex and geographically dispersed operations in the RCN, federal and provincial governments and BC marine industry. As a former Captain in three of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), and Executive Officer in three RCN submarines, Kelly has expertise in a wide range of national and international maritime security operations, including piracy suppression in the Arabian Sea. Community roles include serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Education Fund. Now with Transport Canada, he works in partnership with Indigenous Nations across Canada’s three coasts in advancing the Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness Initiative, as part of the Oceans Protection Plan. Kelly has an MBA from Royal Roads and a Master of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.
