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    • A Trip to the World's Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      January 9, 2018
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise
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    • Defining Waste in Fisheries Part 1: Harvest Waste

      Ocean Wise
      September 17, 2020

    • The Role of Small-Scale Fisheries

      Ocean Wise
      September 10, 2020

    • Lorsque les rivières rencontrent l’océan

      Ocean Wise
      August 26, 2020

    • Where Rivers Meet the Ocean

      Ocean Wise
      August 26, 2020

    • Indigenous Clam Gardens

      Ocean Wise
      August 21, 2020

    • How Your Choices Make Waves of Change

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
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    • Significant Concern Regarding the Park Board's Proposed Ban

      Vancouver Aquarium
      May 15, 2017
      Marine Mammal Rescue, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020

    • Seal-ed with a kiss: Couples wild about volunteering spend quality time at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

    • New TV series will feature the work of Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue team

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020

    • ‘Berni’ the tropical sea turtle slowly warms to new MMRC environment

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Rescued Northern sea otter Tazlina jets in from Alaska

      Ocean Wise
      September 9, 2019
      3
  • Vancouver Aquarium
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    • This Leap Year, Celebrate and Protect Frogs

      Public Relations
      February 13, 2016
      Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Vancouver Aquarium Transformation

      Sarah Ellam
      August 31, 2020

    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

    • Show your Love by Sponsoring an Animal at the Vancouver Aquarium

      Vancouver Aquarium
      July 20, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium Extended Hours – Saturdays and Sundays this summer!

      Ocean Wise
      July 15, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium to re-open on Friday, June 26!

      Ocean Wise
      June 22, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Ocean Wise Seafood Celebrates 10 Years of Chinese Restaurant Awards

      Ocean Wise
      May 14, 2018
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise Seafood
    Recent

    • Defining Waste in Fisheries Part 1: Harvest Waste

      Ocean Wise
      September 17, 2020

    • The Role of Small-Scale Fisheries

      Ocean Wise
      September 10, 2020

    • Lorsque les rivières rencontrent l’océan

      Ocean Wise
      August 26, 2020

    • Where Rivers Meet the Ocean

      Ocean Wise
      August 26, 2020

    • Indigenous Clam Gardens

      Ocean Wise
      August 21, 2020

    • How Your Choices Make Waves of Change

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020
  • Education
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    • Kids at home? Online Oceans Launches just in time to Save Parents (and help the ocean)

      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020
      Aquablog, Education, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Where are they now? Catching up with Ocean Bridge alum Aira Sarmiento

      Ocean Wise
      July 24, 2020

    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
    • A mother and her son pose in front of the webcam after discussing their positive experience with Ocean Wise's online learning virtual classes about marine life.

      Mateo’s Deep Dive: An Online Learning Adventure

      Ocean Wise
      May 12, 2020
      1

    • Winnipegger on guard for oceans: Ocean Bridge’s Kirsten Desorcy profiled in Manitoba newspaper

      Ocean Wise
      May 3, 2020

    • Ocean Wise’s new “Octobus” provides FREE transportation for schools

      Ocean Wise
      January 1, 2020
  • Arctic
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      A Step in the Right Direction for Lancaster Sound

      Eric Solomon
      December 9, 2010
      Arctic Connections
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    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      2

    • Pilot Program Conducts Ocean Plastics Workshop with Youth from Nunavut’s Pond Inlet

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Diving in the Arctic Unknown

      Ocean Wise
      August 22, 2018

    • Innovation in the High Arctic

      Ocean Wise
      August 14, 2018

    • Wild Canadian Coastlines 

      Ocean Wise
      June 29, 2018
      1

    • Celebrating Ice Algae on Polar Bear Day

      Ocean Wise
      February 27, 2018
  • Shoreline Cleanup
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    • New Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup video highlights issue of shoreline litter. Register this fall at ShorelineCleanup.ca.

      Startling Video Brings New Meaning to Shoreline Litter

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 3, 2013
      Shoreline Cleanup, Videos
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    • Clean Shoreline Communities: municipalities as leaders in the fight against plastic pollution

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020

    • Ocean Wise applauds Government of Canada’s commitment to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • #TeamShoreline needs your help reaching one million citizens by September

      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020

    • Seeing our shorelines through a different lens

      Ocean Wise
      May 5, 2020
      1

    • United for Shoreline

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Research
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    • Sea Star Research at Vancouver Aquarium

      Five Awesome Facts You Didn’t Know About Echinoderms

      Vancouver Aquarium
      July 2, 2015
      Research Site - CORI
      2
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    • Below the surface: the impacts of COVID-19 on marine mammals

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020

    • Online lecture series honours 25th annual Ocean Award winners

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020

    • One ringed seal claw; Years of data on mercury exposure

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 27, 2020

    • Tracking Contaminants in Killer Whale Habitats

      Sarah Wilson
      August 20, 2020

    • What’s in a name? Studying the calls of wild belugas

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 10, 2020

    • And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

      Wild Whales
      July 23, 2020
  • Whale Sightings
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    • The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

      Sarah Wilson
      September 10, 2020
      Aquablog, Research Initiative - Conservation Through Citizen Science, Whale Sightings
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    • And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

      Wild Whales
      July 23, 2020

    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus

      Wild Whales
      July 14, 2020

    • A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

      Marine Mammal Research
      May 8, 2020

    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      2

    • A Whale of a Season – Part 1

      Marine Mammal Research
      July 25, 2019

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One ringed seal claw; Years of data on mercury exposure

Marine Mammal Research
August 27, 2020
Research - Special Places, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI
By: Marie Noel, Research Manager, Ocean Pollution Research Program I was lucky to spend a few summers in the Western Arctic studying beluga whales during my PhD and I have to say that the Arctic is truly a...

What’s in a name? Studying the calls of wild belugas

Marine Mammal Research
August 10, 2020
Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI
By: Valeria Vergara, Research Scientist It is late in the evening, the Arctic sun still bright on the horizon, and I am recording a group of belugas that has become temporarily entrapped at low tide in a ri...

Liquid gold: Uncovering the hidden importance of whale poop

Marine Mammal Research
May 14, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals
Written by Brittany Visona and Kaitlin Yehle “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” It's a phrase that accurately summarizes the relationship between Ocean Wise Marine Mammal researchers and whale poo...

A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

Marine Mammal Research
May 8, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Whale Sightings
Motherhood is never easy, no matter which species you belong to. From broadcasting millions of eggs to nurturing a single calf to independence, successfully raising the next generation is one of life’s greates...

CSI Ocean Wise: tracking a killer…whale

Marine Mammal Research
May 3, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Conservation Genetics
By: Adam Warner Research Scientist Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program Conservation research efforts at Ocean Wise seek to improve our understanding of many issues faced by marine life. ...

A Whale of a Season – Part 1

Marine Mammal Research
July 25, 2019
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
Returning from the pilot season of its drone-based killer whale study along the central coast of British Columbia, Ocean Wise’s Marine Mammal Research team marked the sixth year of its photogrammetry project, ...

Celebrating a Herculean Rescue to Save a Life

Marine Mammal Research
June 13, 2012
Research Site - CORI
Ten years ago, Springer (A73), an orphaned killer whale from Canada, brought together scientists, government officials, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens in a dramatic and moving rescue effort. Last even...

A Decade Later: Springer, the First Wild Killer Whale Rescue

Marine Mammal Research
May 31, 2012
Research Site - CORI
3
Ten years ago, the world witnessed the first successful rescue, recovery, and reintroduction of a wild killer whale. Springer (A73) was a two-year old orphan separated from her family when found three hundred m...
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