Fisheries and Oceans Canada
www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Common menu bar links
Archive of Events
2009
You and your community can commemorate Oceans Day in many ways.
World Oceans Day Events | Beachsweeps | Outreach | Announcements
World Oceans Day Events
- Public Interactive Exhibition, Halifax, NS
June 5th 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Oceans Day Activities will be on the Halifax Waterfront on the wharf next to Sackville Landing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be interactive and educational exhibits and displays, a touch tank, demonstrations, and face painting. The event will take place rain or shine.
**Rain location will be in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and admission to the Museum will be free.
-
WORLD OCEANS DAY: A Day in the Bay for World Oceans Day
Saturday, June 6th & Time. 9:00 am -4:00 pmOn Saturday, June 6, 2009 Oceans staff from the Southwest New Brunswick Area Director's Office and Conservation and Protection Officers will participate in the Oceans Day activates put on by the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The opportunity will be used to educate members of the public about the work of Oceans, Habitat and Species at Risk Branch and the Conservation and Protection officers. There officers will have a boat and dog on hand to help explain their role in enforcement activities.
Contact:
Rabindra Singh, Oceans Biologist, Oceans, Habitat and Species at Risk, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
PO Box 1009, 99 Mount Pleasant Road, St. George, NB E5C 3S9
Tel.: (506) 755-5044, Fax : (506) 755-5061
Email: Rabindra.Singh@dfo-mpo.gc.ca -
DFO and OCEAN NET PRESENT MARINE DEBRIS: OUR OCEANS, OUR FUTURE - AN INTERACTIVE MULTI-MEDIA EXPERIENCE - NAFC, St. John's, NL
June 8th, 2009 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.mOcean Day activities will be held at the NAFC Auditorium. The premiere of a Marine Debris Multi-media Presentation will be shown, followed by short presentations by OceanNet and the City of St. John's Waste Management Division. Participants will then have an opportunity to view various exhibits including a life size replica of an adult Beluga whale and her calf, as well as, a preserved giant squid and other ocean related information.
-
Beach Seine Event
9:30 - 12:00 (Harbour Authority of Arisaig (June 8); Harbour Authority of Bayfield (June 9); Harbour Authority of Margaree (June 10) & the Harbour Authority of Skinner's Cove (June 11) .Students will take part in a stewardship initiative to raise awareness of the ecology of estuaries and coastal areas by participating in a beach seine event (note: DFO staff & fishermen will use a beach seine net to sample an area of water). The beach seine is brought back to shore where all captured fish and other species are identified, counted and recorded. The animals are then released alive back into the water in order to minimize the impact on the environment. The program also monitors for invasive species and species at risk. Discussions will also take place regarding marine debris & pollution and impacts to the marine environment and its habitat. The event will end with a beach clean-up, and a Harbour Authority BBQ and prizes.
-
Eastern Arctic Oceans Day
June 9th starting at 11:00amOceans Day in the eastern arctic will be celebrated along with Nunavut Day on July 9th 2009 in Iqaluit. Festivities will take place on the beach and include a community barbeque, games, speakers from the community, a beach clean up and giveaways.
-
World Oceans Day Events in Yellowknife and Hay River
June 9th from 9am to 4pm - Fred Henne Territorial Park, Yellowknife, NWT.
June 11th from 9am to 4pm - Hay River Canadian Coast Guard Base, Hay River, NWT.Fisheries and Oceans Canada, in partnership with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Yellowknife Dene, the Canadian Wildlife Federation, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Fly Kid Foundation, TD Bank Shore Clean Up and Trout Unlimited are hosting World Oceans Day activities in concert with Rivers to Oceans Week at two sites this year.
The theme of this year's Rivers to Oceans week campaign is stewardship and exploring the many ways individuals can help protect water resources and the wildlife that depend on them.
A wide variety of informative and interactive stations and displays are set up for visitors and students.
-
World Ocean Day Celebration
July 25th at 3:00pm.The WAA Inuvik office will be holding this years' Oceans Day festivities on July 25th, 2009 at Shingle Point in conjunction with the Shingle Point Games.
The events hosted by DFO will (tentatively) include: BBQ, Beach Clean up, 7 C's Ocean, Conservation Pledge, Beach scavenger hunt, Kayak rolling, Face painting, Educational games & presentations, Ocean Legends Storytelling by Elders….and much more...
- DFO Eastern NB Area Office and the Shippagan Aquarium and Marine Centre
Shippagan Aquarium and Marine Centre A kiosk will be set up with posters and pamphlets; a presentation on good environmental practices will be offered to 200 pupils in grades 2 - 4.
Contact: Anne Turcotte ((506) 393-3036)
- Public Interactive Exhibition - Shippagan Aquarium and Marine Centre, NB
The Marine Centre and Aquarium is an impressive institution for a small community such as Shippagan, and serves as an ideal venue for presentations to young people. This event is organized on a yearly basis by Habitat staff with the Eastern New Brunswick area office. School-aged children are transported to the Centre where a DFO biologist makes a presentation on species at risk and their habitat.
Beachsweeps
- Wharf Beach Seine event and Harbour/beach clean-up.
June 8th 9:30 am till noonNova Scotia Harbour Authority of Arisaig and DFO Gulf Nova Scotia Area Office staff Arisaig wharf with Students Students, Fish harvesters and DFO staff.
Contact: Peggy Thompson, Small Craft Harbours, Gulf Nova Scotia. (902) 863-5670 x2226
-
Coastal Cleanup - St. John's, NL
June 8, 2009, 12:00 pm - 2:30 pmA coastal cleanup of an area that is known as the "Plastic Forest". Students, DFO staff, Ocean Net, and other volunteers will pick up debris in a coastal area near the Sugarloaf Trail in St. John's, while lerning about the City of St. John's Waste Management Strategies and the importance of us all being good stewards to our environment.
- DFO Eastern NB Area Office and the Town of Tracadie-Shiela,
June 9th AfternoonThe Watershed Association of Grande et Petite rivière Tracadie and Nature NB-Species at Risk Beach Sweep
Contact: Anne Turcotte ((506) 393-3036)
- Wharf Beach Seine event and Harbour/beach clean-up.
June 9th 9:30 - NoonNova Scotia Harbour Authority of Bayfield and DFO Gulf Nova Scotia Area Office staff
Contact: Peggy Thompson, Small Craft Harbours, Gulf Nova Scotia. (902) 863-5670 x2226
- Wharf Beach Seine event and Harbour/beach clean-up.
June 10th 9:30 - NoonNova Scotia Harbour Authority of Margaree and DFO Gulf Nova Scotia Area Office staff
Contact person: Peggy Thompson, Small Craft Harbours, Gulf Nova Scotia. (902) 863-5670 x2226
- Wharf Beach Seine event and Harbour/beach clean-up.
June 11th 9:30 - NoonNova Scotia Harbour Authority of Skinner's Cove and DFO Gulf Nova Scotia Area Office staff
Contact: Peggy Thompson, Small Craft Harbours, Gulf Nova Scotia. (902) 863-5670 x2226
- Shediac, NB
A beach sweep event will be held in the Shediac area on June 8. Two schools will participate, one an English school from Shediac Cape and a French school from Grande-Digue. DFO staff and Volunteers oversee the participating students while they pick up debris on the beach while explaining the benefits of being good stewards of our environment.
Outreach
- DFO Eastern NB Area Office and Tracadie-Sheila Scouts
May 30th 10 am -4 pmBeach in Tracadie area Beach Sweep and educational session on the ecology of aquatic environments, including using a beach seine to net aquatic species native to the ecosystem.
Contact: Anne Turcotte ((506) 393-3036)
- Community Outreach - North Coast Gulf
June 7th 11 :00 a.m.Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe. Demonstration of seine fishing and interpretation of species caught on the beach.
- Community Outreach event (TBD) - Yellowknife, NT
June 9thCanadian Wildlife Federation
- DFO Eastern NB Area Office and the Town of Tracadie-Shiela,
June 10th - AfternoonPresentation on Species at Risk
Contact: Anne Turcotte ((506) 393-3036)
- Community Outreach event (TBD) - Hay River, NT
June 11thCanadian Wildlife Federation
- Community Outreach event (TBD) - Beaufort Sea, NNT
July 24th - Hamlet of Aklavik, INAC, Environment CanadaAn Oceans Day event to take place at Shingle Point (North of Inuvik), to coincide with the Shingle Point Games.
-
MARINE DEBRIS: OUR OCEANS, OUR FUTURE - AN INTERACTIVE MULTI-MEDIA EXPERIENCE Distribution
Information package including the Marine Debris DVD and other related information will be distributed to various educational and community groups and organizations throughtout the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Outreach to schools- Maritimes Region
Fisheries and Oceans staff will speak at local schools.
Announcements
- News Conference with Living Oceans to launch the Finding Coral Deep Sea Expedition - June 8th
Living Oceans Society is planning a deep-sea coral expedition to take place in Hecate Strait with Greg Workman from DFO participating in the expedition.
