My colleagues and I are pleased to announce the recent publication of our article ‘Noise exposure from commercial shipping for the southern resident killer whale population’ in Marine Pollution Bulletin. Cominelli, S., Devillers, R., Yurk, H., MacGillivray, A., McWhinnie, L., Canessa, R., 2018. Noise exposure from commercial shipping for the southern resident killer whale population. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136, 177–200. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.08.050 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.08.050> The article has free access for the next 50 days, and can be downloaded by following the link below: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XjrR,ashq8AX *Abstract: *This study assesses vessel-noise exposure levels for Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) in the Salish Sea. Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) was used to delineate SRKW summer core areas. Those areas were combined with the output of a regional cumulative noise model describing sound level variations generated by commercial vessels (1/3-octave-bands from 10 Hz to 63.1 kHz). Cumulative distribution functions were used to evaluate SRKW's noise exposure from 15 vessel categories over three zones located within the KDE. Median cumulative noise values were used to group categories based on the associated exposure levels. Ferries, Tugboats, Vehicle Carriers, Recreational Vessels, Containers, and Bulkers showed high levels of exposure (Leq−50th > 90 dB re 1 μPa) within SRKW core areas. Management actions aiming at reducing SRKW noise exposure during the summer should target the abovementioned categories and take into consideration the spatial distribution of their levels of exposure, their mechanical and their operational characteristics. If you have any questions or would like a pdf copy of the publication, please feel free to contact me at simocephalus@gmail.com Best, Simone Cominelli Marine Geomatics Research Lab, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Science Building, SN-1027, St. John’s, NL, Canada, A1B 3X9 Phone: (709) 864-3097 Email: simocephalus@gmail.com