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

November 2, 2017

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

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

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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