Bioblitz – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Remembering Summer Days, Seafood Nights

January 3, 2018

As a fierce cold-weather snap passes over Eastern Canada this week, it’s only natural to pine for bygone summer days. And Ocean Wise Seafood had A LOT of fun this summer. We attended sustainable seafood confere...

Diving Arctic Waters

Ocean Wise

November 2, 2017

Aquablog, Arctic Connections, Ocean Wise

This past August, four Ocean Wise divers motored to a remote Arctic islet to conduct a BioBlitz survey. A BioBlitz is a snapshot of Canada’s biodiversity, recorded by scientists and citizen scientists, to mark ...

Bioblitz 150: Exploring Our Own Backyard

Vancouver Aquarium

August 23, 2017

Ocean Wise

When I started at Ocean Wise I had never heard of a bioblitz, but they were going to be the focus of my new job—so I quickly learned. In summary, a bioblitz is when scientists and citizen scientists document th...

BioBlitz 2017 – A Canada 150 Signature Project

Vancouver Aquarium

August 8, 2017

Vancouver Aquarium

It’s a big year for Canada and we are celebrating Canada 150 by exploring one the country’s more incredible resources: the ocean! BioBlitz Canada 150 , made possible in part by the Government of Canada, is brin...

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