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    • How Your Choices Make Waves of Change

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020
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      December 22, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      December 18, 2020

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      December 11, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      December 8, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      November 24, 2020
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      July 21, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

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      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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    • It’s a Snap! Jelly Invasion Photo Contest

      Public Relations
      July 2, 2013
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    • 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

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      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

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      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020

    • New seaweed hand sanitizer is good for your hands and good for the earth

      Ocean Wise
      September 28, 2020
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    • What's in a Name?

      Ocean Wise
      August 17, 2018
      Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • 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

    • Hope for the Holidays

      Ocean Wise
      November 23, 2020

    • Réservez la date! Le festival national de la Chaudrée des Chefs : du 1er au 28 février 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020
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    • Ocean Bridge: Changing minds to turn the tide

      Ocean Wise
      December 10, 2018
      Aquablog, Education
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    • 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

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      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
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      Mateo’s Deep Dive: An Online Learning Adventure

      Ocean Wise
      May 12, 2020
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    • Winnipegger on guard for oceans: Ocean Bridge’s Kirsten Desorcy profiled in Manitoba newspaper

      Ocean Wise
      May 3, 2020
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    • Vancouver Aquarium beluga research

      Field Notes from Arctic Watch: Week 1, 2015

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      July 20, 2015
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • 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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      November 10, 2020

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      October 14, 2020

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      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
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    • A Mother's Love: Killer Whale Culture

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      May 8, 2020
      Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
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      Ocean Wise
      January 13, 2021

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      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
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      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020
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    • 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

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

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
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The Return of the Unusual Item

Vancouver Aquarium
February 24, 2017
Shoreline Cleanup
Each year volunteers never fail to surprise us with what they find on their local shoreline. Our cleanups in 2016 revealed some pretty strange litter items, but an unusual item found two years in a row? What ar...

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