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The Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative, is an independent, multidisciplinary, collaboration-based, institute to fill a major gap in understanding and managing our coastal ocean environments.

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Join us for the 25th annual Ocean Awards – June 8 (World Oceans Day) – featuring David Suzuki

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June 4, 2020

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Ocean Awards take place on June 8, 2020 (World Oceans Day) Ocean Wise Conservation Association is pleased to recognize the winners of the 25th annual Ocean Awards, including keynote speaker Dr. David Su...

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

Ocean Wise

April 11, 2020

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By Dr. Valeria VergaraOcean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program Photo credit: Valeria Vergara In September 2001, during the aftermath of 9/11, much of the coastal ocean around North Ameri...

DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation

Ocean Wise

November 8, 2019

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By: Adam Warner There are a lot of moving parts to the conservation of highly mobile marine predators – a big task that can be approached at many different scales at once. From identifying individual animal...

A Whale of a Season — Part 2

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October 3, 2019

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Ocean Wise’s Marine Mammal Research Photogrammetry team embarked on its second research trip of the year last month – this time, off northeast Vancouver Island. (If you haven’t already read it, be sure to chec...

Welcome to Ocean Watch: BC Coast edition

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August 30, 2019

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British Columbia’s coastline is diverse, wild and wonderful. Numerous coastal communities dot the shores of stunning fjords and bays. The area’s ample supply of beautiful oceanscapes, unique plants, animals an...

A Whale of a Season – Part 1

Marine Mammal Research

July 25, 2019

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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, ...

Shedding Light on the Local Kelp Environment

Ocean Wise

October 19, 2018

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When I think about kelp forests the first thing that comes to mind is tall, canopy kelps that form an underwater forest full of fish and invertebrate life. As a research diver, diving in a kelp forest is a trul...

“Mom, Can You Hear Me?”

Ocean Wise

September 21, 2018

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With more than 100 drone flights, four weeks of nearly continuous beluga whale recordings, and belugas in Sainte-Marguerite Bay nearly every day, the second season on the research tower in Quebec’s Saguenay-St ...