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  • Ocean Wise
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    • Weekly Ocean News 

      Ocean Wise
      July 27, 2018
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise
    Recent

    • Êtes-vous prêt à découvrir notre Saint-Laurent ?!

      Ocean Wise
      January 20, 2021

    • Sustainability Partnership Advantages – from The Big Carrot’s Perspective

      Ocean Wise
      January 15, 2021

    • There’s something for everyone in this ocean-friendly holiday book guide

      Ocean Wise
      December 22, 2020

    • Ocean Wise Explains: Wild Capture Fishery Recommendations

      Ocean Wise
      December 18, 2020

    • Congratulations to Rob Clark for receiving The Order of Canada!

      Ocean Wise
      December 11, 2020

    • Ocean Wise young leaders named to Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25

      Ocean Wise
      December 8, 2020
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
    Random

    • Every Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise Counts

      Vancouver Aquarium
      May 15, 2017
      Marine Mammal Rescue, Vancouver Aquarium
      9
    Recent

    • 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
    Random

    • Springer 11 Years Later, with Calf in Tow

      Public Relations
      July 12, 2013
      Vancouver Aquarium
      1
    Recent

    • Countdown to National Chowder Chowdown Festival

      Ocean Wise
      January 21, 2021

    • Scuba Claus coming back to town!

      Ocean Wise
      December 11, 2020

    • Whitecaps FC and Vancouver Aquarium bring you ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ face masks

      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020

    • From postcards to fish packs: Vancouver Aquarium gives thanks to our amazing community supporters

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Rescued sea otter and global YouTube star ‘Joey’ featured on new Whitecaps FC facemask in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Wondering what people are saying about the Vancouver Aquarium x Whitecaps FC Facemaks?

      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
    Random

    • Ring any Cowbells?

      Ocean Wise
      March 2, 2020
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Countdown to National Chowder Chowdown Festival

      Ocean Wise
      January 21, 2021

    • Êtes-vous prêt à découvrir notre Saint-Laurent ?!

      Ocean Wise
      January 20, 2021

    • Sustainability Partnership Advantages – from The Big Carrot’s Perspective

      Ocean Wise
      January 15, 2021

    • Ocean Wise Explains: Wild Capture Fishery Recommendations

      Ocean Wise
      December 18, 2020

    • Congratulations to Rob Clark for receiving The Order of Canada!

      Ocean Wise
      December 11, 2020

    • Webinaire : « Découvrez notre Saint-Laurent »

      Ocean Wise
      November 24, 2020
  • Education
    Random

    • A life-changing expedition to Ecuador

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      December 5, 2018
      Education, Shoreline Cleanup
    Recent

    • There’s something for everyone in this ocean-friendly holiday book guide

      Ocean Wise
      December 22, 2020

    • 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
  • Arctic
    Random

    • Gathering Food Data on the Northern Ice

      Arctic Connections
      May 22, 2014
      Arctic Connections
    Recent

    • Ocean Wise study: Synthetic fibers are invading the Arctic

      Ocean Wise
      January 12, 2021

    • 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
  • Shoreline Cleanup
    Featured
    • 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
    Recent

    • Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      November 10, 2020

    • Thousands of Canadians Took on the Cleanup Challenge

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      October 14, 2020

    • Join the “Cleanup Across Canada” challenge with #TeamShoreline

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 23, 2020

    • 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 Research
    Random
    • Sea Star Research at Vancouver Aquarium

      Five Awesome Facts You Didn’t Know About Echinoderms

      Vancouver Aquarium
      July 2, 2015
      Research Site - CORI
      2
    Recent

    • Monitoring by Ocean Wise, and others, leads to listing of Sunflower Sea Stars as Critically Endangered

      Ocean Wise
      January 13, 2021

    • Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 18, 2020

    • An Underwater Art Gallery… for Fish?

      Ocean Wise
      November 18, 2020

    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • Ocean Not Immune to Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic

      Ocean Wise
      October 29, 2020

    • Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

      Marine Mammal Research
      September 30, 2020
  • Whale Sightings
    Random
    • Turtle sightings off B.C. Coast

      Sea Turtle Sighting a Possible First for B.C.

      Vancouver Aquarium
      March 13, 2015
      Vancouver Aquarium, Whale Sightings
    Recent

    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

      Sarah Wilson
      September 10, 2020

    • 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

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Arctic Research

Arctic Summer: Field Notes from Churchill River Estuary

Vancouver Aquarium
September 20, 2017
Ocean Wise
With only a short window of time to gather data, multiple teams from Ocean Wise spent their summer in the Arctic for ongoing research. Studies included the distribution of microplastics in Arctic waters; taggin...

Arctic August: No Ice

Vancouver Aquarium
August 26, 2016
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre For the first time in 20 plus years of coming to Canada’s Arctic – we saw no pack ice. We certainly saw grand icebergs, both...

Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 1

Vancouver Aquarium
August 24, 2016
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer The weekend weather was picture perfect, with each spectacular morning sunrise heralding very warm temperatures thro...

Narwhal Study: Back in Tremblay Sound

Vancouver Aquarium
August 18, 2016
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
 By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer For the seventh year in a row, I’m spending part of the summer in the Arctic, assisting with Fisheries and Oceans C...

Narwhal Research 2015: Close Whale Encounter

Vancouver Aquarium
August 20, 2015
Arctic Connections
1
It has been another near-perfect morning here with light winds, blue skies and temperatures hovering around zero. It is now 6 a.m. and I have just finished my regular three-hour polar bear watch. When the weath...
Vancouver Aquarium Arctic Research

Vancouver Aquarium Launches Arctic Research with Polar Knowledge Canada

Vancouver Aquarium
August 17, 2015
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
This summer, scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre are heading north to begin innovative Arctic research projects both below and above the ocean’s surface in collaboration with Polar Know...
Vancouver Aquarium Arctic narwhal research

Narwhal Research 2015: First Whale Sightings

Vancouver Aquarium
August 15, 2015
Arctic Connections
We have made it to Starnes Fiord, just east of Grise Fiord, after transporting three truckloads of gear and food on five aluminum boats and two inflatable zodiacs. There was a slight swell, but the sea remained...

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