Dylan Smyth, MSc Student
Cetacean Conservation Program Associate
Dylan is an aquatic sciences technician with a focus on marine mammal ecology and conservation. After graduating in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science, Dylan spent several years working on various projects involving juvenile salmon survival before switching gears to marine mammals. He loves being on the water, playing with boats, drones, and various other scientific toys. His keen interest, and ear, for marine mammal acoustics has given him the privilege of working with a variety of organizations such as OrcaLab, Ocean Wise, and DFO.
After nearly 10 years of field work up and down British Columbia’s coastline, Dylan is now returning to school to pursue a Masters degree with the University of the Algarve in Portugal. Working closely in collaboration with Raincoast and Simon Fraser University, his research will investigate the effects of anthropogenic noise on southern resident killer whale call type selection.
Recent articles
The influence of natural landscape fragmentation and resource availability on connectivity and distribution of marine gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations on the Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Paquet, P.C., S.M. Alexander, P.L. Swan, and C.T. Darimont. 2006.…
Death by a Thousand Cuts: The importance of small streams on British Columbia’s central and north coasts (2005)
This report describes the role of small salmon runs in…
Early ontogenetic diet of wolves
Bryan, J., CT Darimont, T.E. Reimchen, and P.C. Paquet. 2006.…
A Rainforest Awakening
by Chris Genovali January 2007 From Victoria, B.C. Last fall, Raincoast’s…
A Day to be Heard
A nation’s stand against open-net salmon farming and an appeal…
A Living Ocean
Hecate Strait is one of the roughest bodies of water…
Cutting to the Chase
A young wolf races along the shore, his gangly legs…
Open House
The Koeye (K’way) watershed is located about 30 miles south…