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• The Sclerochronology Lab

  It is not often that university graduates fall into a job right out of school and stay there for the rest of their careers. But that is exactly what transpired for Shayne MacLellan.

• Scientific Support Provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada During the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Operations Boosts Canada's Oil Spill Preparedness

  Following the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to provide scientific and technical expertise in the spill response operations.

• Historical Data Sheds Light on Ecosystem Impacts in the Gulf of Maine Area

  What happens when the biggest, hungriest fish are removed from a marine ecosystem?

• Counting Salmon

  Like many biologists, George Cronkite has been with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for a long time; about 27 years. He first worked as a management biologist in the Yukon and for the past 16 years has been at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo British Columbia, where he is currently the program head for Marine and Freshwater Acoustics.

• The Theory of Stock Assessment

  If you had to sum up in a few words what the process of fish stock assessment is all about, most science literature on the subject describes it as "turning data into advice."

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  Key Findings from International Polar Year 2007-2008
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  2011 Canadian Aquaculture R&D Review
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  Science Annual Report 2009-2010
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  Key Findings from International Polar Year 2007-2008 at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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  Fisheries and Oceans Canada Five-Year Research Plan (2008-2013)

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